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Author: Archibald John Little
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108013848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Little's diary of his journey by native boat up the Yangtze River in 1883 was published in London in 1888.
Author: Archibald John Little
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108013848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Book Description
Little's diary of his journey by native boat up the Yangtze River in 1883 was published in London in 1888.
Author: Archibald John Little
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Author: Archibald John Little
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230303666
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... 345 CONCLUSION. Return to Ichang--Hankow--Changes in the river--Lifeboats--Feasibility of steam navigation in Szechuen--Accidents--The "awakening" of China--Pliny on the Chinese. The last day of our downward journey now lay before us. The wild country of the " Yao-tsa Ho" and the long zigzag reaches of the Ichang Gorge alone lay between us and the return to " Western civilization," as represented by the advanced guard of foreigners residing in Ichang. As we slid down rapid after rapid in the hourly increasing current, it was difficult to realize the arduous struggle we had sustained with each projecting rock, in our toilsome ascent. "We moored for the last night at Hwang ling Miao, the point in the upward journey that porphyry and granitic rocks are first met with, and going ashore for a stroll before sunset, I had my last look at the wild valley, with its scattered piles of huge rocks illuminated by the setting sun. This valley forms an exception to the continuous ranges of calcareous and sedimentary rocks through which the river cuts its way in its course from Ping-shan, the highest navigable spot to the plains of Hupeh, a distance of 800 miles. The range out of which this valley has been cut, and of which Hwang ling Miao marks the eastern termination, would seem to form the axial centre of elevation of the whole of this mountain district. On its flanks, to the east and to the west, lie the gently tilted strata of sedimentary rocks, through which the channel flows in clean-cut gorges. Here, on the other hand, the water has disintegrated the crystalline material, and left the less soluble rocks strewn around in colossal fragments. Through and past these gigantic stone heaps the river threads its way, and, at points where the water is...
Author: Archibald John 1838-1908 Little
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ISBN: 9781372407734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Author: S. Cornell Plant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Author: Cornell Plant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yangtze River (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Author: Samuel Cornell Plant
Publisher:
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Category : River boats
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Author: Reginald Fleming Sir Johnston
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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The journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. The author's chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the wild regions of Chinese Tibet and north-western Yunnan. Though nearly every part of the Eighteen Provinces has in recent years been visited and described by European travelers, the author's route between Tachienlu and Li-chiang was one which—so far as he is aware—no British subject had ever traversed before him, and of which no description in book-form has hitherto appeared in any European language.
Author: American Bureau of Geography
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ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Author: R. F. Johnston
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736406150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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The journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. My chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the wild regions of Chinese Tibet and north-western Yunnan. Though nearly every part of the Eighteen Provinces has in recent years been visited and described by European travellers, my route between Tachienlu and Li-chiang was one which—so far as I am aware—no British subject had ever traversed before me, and of which no description in book-form has hitherto appeared in any European language. From the ethnological point of view the Chinese Far West—to which the greater part of this book is devoted—is one of the most interesting regions in the world, and presents problems the solution of which would settle many of the vexed questions relating to the origin and inter-relations of the Asiatic peoples. As for its geographical interest, it may be sufficient to say here that the principalities of Chala and Muli contain what are probably the highest spots inhabited by man on the face of the globe, and that several of the passes crossed by my little caravan are loftier than the highest of the passes existing along the route traversed by the British expedition to Lhasa. My own contributions to geographical and ethnological lore are of the slenderest; but if I can persuade some of my readers that Tibetan Ssuch'uan and western Yunnan are worth visiting, be it only for the glory of their mountain scenery, I shall consider that my book has fulfilled the most useful purpose to which it aspires.
