Author: Sven Anders HedinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : fr
Pages : 990
Book Description
Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902: pt. II. Les observations astronomiques calculées et redigées par K.G. Olsson [1907
Author: Sven Anders HedinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : fr
Pages : 990
Book Description
Catalogue of the Asiatic Library of Dr. G. E. Morrison, Now a Part of the Oriental Library, Tokyo, Japan: English books
Author: Tōyō Bunko (Japan)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Geographical Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Catalogue de la bibliothèque: 1904-1912. 1915
Author: Teylers Museum. BibliotheekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Bibliotheca Sinica
Author: Henri CordierThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the India Office
Author: Great Britain. India Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Author: Peter HopkirkPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192802118
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold, and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left, and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasurees and guarded by demons. In the early years of the 20th century, foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures, and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese.