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Excerpt from Tibet and Turkestan: A Journey Through Old Lands and a Study of New Conditions
Turkestan; thence skirting the Taklamakan desert, through Yarkand and Khotan to Polu, a village on the slopes of the Kuen Lun Mountains; thence up to the Tibetan plateau, whose north-west corner we explored, passing through the unknown region called Aksai Chin; thence out through Ladak and Kashmir to Rawal Pindi on the railway; thence to Bombay.
The disasters which overtook us on the plateau were those more or less familiar in the recitals of other adventurers into this most difficult land. We travelled for eight weeks, never at altitudes less than feet, often rising to feet. The country is quite barren and uninhabited, and the cold is ex treme. Hence the ponies rapidly die, thus imperil ling the lives of men, who, at such elevations, must have transport. The hardships were in every re spect more severe than those experienced by me in a considerable journey in Africa - from Somaliland to Khartoum.
The Turkestan region, at a much lower level than Tibet (about 3500 feet), offered little difficulty. Its historical interest is great, and has direct relation with the development of European civilisation. Geo graphically and topographically the Central Asian region differs so much from familiar lands that it must be closely studied in order to be understood.
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Turkestan; thence skirting the Taklamakan desert, through Yarkand and Khotan to Polu, a village on the slopes of the Kuen Lun Mountains; thence up to the Tibetan plateau, whose north-west corner we explored, passing through the unknown region called Aksai Chin; thence out through Ladak and Kashmir to Rawal Pindi on the railway; thence to Bombay.
The disasters which overtook us on the plateau were those more or less familiar in the recitals of other adventurers into this most difficult land. We travelled for eight weeks, never at altitudes less than feet, often rising to feet. The country is quite barren and uninhabited, and the cold is ex treme. Hence the ponies rapidly die, thus imperil ling the lives of men, who, at such elevations, must have transport. The hardships were in every re spect more severe than those experienced by me in a considerable journey in Africa - from Somaliland to Khartoum.
The Turkestan region, at a much lower level than Tibet (about 3500 feet), offered little difficulty. Its historical interest is great, and has direct relation with the development of European civilisation. Geo graphically and topographically the Central Asian region differs so much from familiar lands that it must be closely studied in order to be understood.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Oscar Terry Crosby
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266275596
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 453
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ISBN - 9781330517413
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 455
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