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THE DREAM OF LHASA
THE LIFE OF NIKOLAY PRZHEVALSKY (1839-1888), EXPLORER OF CENTRAL ASIA |
| By: |
Donald Rayfield |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571300448 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571300440 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
21 February, 2013 |
| Pages: |
242 |
| Description: |
Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888) made an indelible contribution to the world's atlases, and its store of zoological and botanical knowledge, as a consequence of his four expeditions through the Central Asia of Western Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan and Northern Tibet. This title tells the story of his journeys. |
| Synopsis: |
The great Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888) made an indelible contribution to the world's atlases, and its store of zoological and botanical knowledge, as a consequence of his four arduous and dangerous expeditions through the Central Asia of Western Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan and Northern Tibet. Donald Rayfield's biography of Przhevalsky - first published in 1976 and drawing on the exporer's diaries, letters, and published works - tells the thrilling story of the explorer's groundbreaking journeys, undertaken in an age of extreme political sensitivity between Russia, China and Britain. A rich portrait emerges of an extraordinary Byronic character who was ill-suited to civilisation but much at home with the loneliness and hardship of the nomadic life. A rigorous army officer and a phenomenal shot, gifted also with a photographic memory, Przhevalsky became one of the most widely-admired men in Russia, and Rayfield adroitly explores the grounds of his reputation. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber Finds |
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Non-returnable |
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