Among the Tibetans /

""There never was anybody,"" wrote the Spectator, ""who had adventures as well as Miss Bird."" In <i>Among the Tibetans</i> you can see why, as Isabella Lucy Bird writes of her journey through the Himalayas on horseback and of her four months of li...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Bird, Isabella L. > (Isabella Lucy), > 1831-1904 > Travel > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Bird, Isabella Lucy, > 1831-1904.
Bird, Isabella L. > (Isabella Lucy), > 1831-1904
1800-1899
TRAVEL.
Manners and customs
Travel
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
East Asia.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Descriptions et voyages.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
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Sumario:""There never was anybody,"" wrote the Spectator, ""who had adventures as well as Miss Bird."" In <i>Among the Tibetans</i> you can see why, as Isabella Lucy Bird writes of her journey through the Himalayas on horseback and of her four months of living with ""the pleasantest of people."" She offers evocative and colourful descriptions of Tibetan rituals and culture, along with vivid descriptions of its villages, monasteries, temples and palaces. ""Up to Kargil the scenery, though growing more Tibetan with every march, had exhibited at intervals some traces of natural verdure; but beyond, aft.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781877527579
1877527572
1775565599
9781775565598

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