Traces in the desert : journeys of discovery across Central Asia / Christoph Baumer
de Baumer, Christoph
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London : I. B. Tauris, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxi, 218 pages, [32] pages of plates: illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index. Contents: List of Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Foreword by John Hare; Introduction; Part I: In Search of the Nestorians; Christian Crosses in the Himalayas; The Churches and Monasteries of Tur Abdin; Christians in Iran; Merv, City of Infidels; The Mistery of Khukh Burd S�me; Part II: The Nomadic Land; Searching for Genghis Khan's Tomb; Among the Eagle Hunters; Art in Stone and Men of Stone; A Shaman from Tuva; Genghis Khan's Capital; Part III: Discovering the Treasures of Tibet; Land of Snows; Yaks as Snowploughs; Milarepa's Tower; The Unknown B�npos; Between Heaven and Earth. Subjects: Baumer, Christoph Travel Asia, Central. Baumer, Christoph. Antiquities. Civilization. Travel. Asia, Central � Civilization. Asia, Central � Antiquities. Asia, Central - Description and travel. Ethnology Asia, Central. Central Asia. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index.
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- Traces in the desert : journeys of discovery across Central Asia / Christoph Baumer
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- Baumer, Christoph
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1845113373
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- 9781845113377
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- London : I. B. Tauris
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- 2008
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