News from Tartary : an Epic Journey Across Central Asia.

News from Tartary describes a phenomenally successful attempt that legendary adventurer, Peter Fleming made to travel overland from Peking to Kashmir. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles. With his companion, adventurer and writer, Ella Maillart, they set out across a China to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fleming, Peter, 1907-1971
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Colección:Fleming, Peter, 1907-1971. Peter Fleming collection.
Temas:
Fleming, Peter, > 1907-1971 > Travel > China.
Fleming, Peter, > 1907-1971 > Travel > India.
Fleming, Peter, > 1907-1971
TRAVEL > Asia > General.
Travel
China > Description and travel.
Silk Road > Description and travel.
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) > Description and travel.
Chine > Descriptions et voyages.
Route de la soie > Descriptions et voyages.
Xinjiang (Chine) > Descriptions et voyages.
Asia > Silk Road
China
China > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:News from Tartary describes a phenomenally successful attempt that legendary adventurer, Peter Fleming made to travel overland from Peking to Kashmir. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles. With his companion, adventurer and writer, Ella Maillart, they set out across a China torn by civil war to journey through Xinjiang to British India. It had been eight years since anyone had crossed Xinjiang; in between those who had entered this inhospitable and politically volatile area - under the control of a warlord supported by Stalin''s Red Army - seldom left alive. Entering the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (480 pages)
ISBN:9780857734952
0857734954

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