Author: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799-1861. Title: Oriental and western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia. Published: New York, Praeger <1970> Description: vii, viii, 611 p. illus., double map, plates. 22 cm. Series: Source books and studies on inner Asia Praeger scholarly reprints. LC Call No.: DK755 .A77 1970 Dewey No.: 915.7/03/7 Notes: Reprint of the 1858 ed. with a new introd. by D. Sinor. Subjects: Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel. Asia -- Description and travel. Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel. Series Entry: Source books and studies on inner Asia. Praeger scholarly reprints. Call Numbers: ech DK755 .A88 1970
Author: Cable, Mildred. Title: The Challenge of Central Asia : a brief survey of Tibet and its border lands, Mongolia, north-west Kansu, Chinese Turkistan, and Russian Central Asia / by Mildred Cable, F. Houghton, R. Kilgour, A. McLeish, R.W. Sturt, and Olive Wyon. Published: London ; New York city : World dominion press, 1929. Description: iv p., 2 leaves, <9>-136 p. : folded maps ; 26 cm. LC Call No.: BV3220 .C3 Subjects: Missions -- Asia, Central. Other authors: Houghton, Frank, bp., 1894- Kilgour, R. (Robert), 1867-1942. McLeish, Alexander. Sturt, Reginald W. Wyon, Olive, 1890- Series Entry: World dominion survey series. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 BV3220 .C11
Author: Cable, Mildred. Title: The Gobi Desert / Mildred Cable with Francesca French ; with a new introduction by Marina Warner. Published: London : Virago, 1984. Description: xxi, 303 p., [49] p. of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 20 cm. Series: Virago travellers LC Call No.: DS793.G6 C3 1984 Dewey No.: 951/.73 19 ISBN: 0860685616 (pbk.) : ¹4.95 Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) Mongolia -- Description and travel. Other authors: French, Francesca, 1871-1960. Control No.: 84217817
Author: Cable, Mildred. Title: The Gobi Desert / Mildred Cable with Francesca French ; with a new introduction by Marina Warner. Published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1987. Description: xxi, 13-303 p., [49] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm. Series: Virago/Beacon travelers LC Call No.: DS793.G6 C3 1987 Dewey No.: 951/.73 19 ISBN: 0807070335 (pbk.) : $10.95 Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. Subjects: Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) Mongolia -- Description and travel. Cable, Mildred -- Journeys -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) Cable, Mildred -- Journeys -- Mongolia. French, Francesca, -- 1871-1960 -- Journeys -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) French, Francesca, -- 1871-1960 -- Journeys -- Mongolia. Other authors: French, Francesca, 1871-1960. Control No.: 87047526
Author: Davidson, Basil, 1914- Title: Turkestan alive ; new travels in Chinese Central Asia. Published: London : Cape, <1957> Description: 255 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. LC Call No.: DS793.S62 D3 Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) -- Description and travel. Call Numbers: wson1 DS793.S6 D25
Author: Dráege, Jean Pierre. Uniform Title: Route de la soie. English Title: The Silk Road saga / Jean-Pierre Dráege, Emil M. Bèuhrer. Published: New York : Facts on File, c1989. Description: 288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. LC Call No.: DS5.5 .D7413 1989 Dewey No.: 915.04/428 20 ISBN: 0816022119 : $45.00 Notes: "Photographs taken by the photographers of Japanese State Television, NHK, Tokyo." Translation of: La Route de la soie. Bibliography: p. 286-287. Subjects: Silk Road -- History. Silk Road -- History -- Pictorial works. Asia -- Description and travel. Asia -- Pictorial works. Other authors: Bèuhrer, Emil M. (Emil Martin), 1913- Other authors: Nihon Hoso Kyokai. Control No.:
Author: Dunmore, Charles Adolphus Murray, Earl of, 1841-1907. Title: The Pamirs : being a narrative of a year's expedition on horseback and on foot through Kashmir, western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and Russian Central Asia / by the Earl of Dunmore ... Edition: 2nd ed. Published: London : J. Murray, 1893. Description: 2 v., plates : ill., 3 folded maps, port. ; 22 cm. LC Call No.: DS8 .D96 Notes: "Glossary": v. 2, p.-v. Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Pamir -- Description and travel. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS8 .D92
Author: Fleming, Peter, 1907-1971. Title: News from Tartary: a journey from Peking to Kashmir, by Peter Fleming. Published: New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1936. Description: 384 p. front., plates, fold. map. 21 cm. LC Call No.: DS793.S62 F6 1936c Dewey No.: 915.16 Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) -- Description and travel. China -- Description and travel. Control No.: 237?ê? Call Numbers: wson1 DS793.S6 F59
Author: Hopkirk, Kathleen. Title: A traveller's companion to Central Asia / Kathleen Hopkirk. Published: London : John Murray, 1993. Description: 292 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Subjects: Asia, Central--Description and travel. Asia, Central--History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-286) and index. Geog. Code: ac----- ISBN: 0719553210 LC Call No.: DS327.4 .H67 1993 Dewey Dec. No.:915.804/429 20
Author: Lansdell, Henry, 1841-1919. Title: Chinese Central Asia : a ride to Little Tibet / by Henry Lansdell ... with three maps and eighty illustrations ... Published: New York : C. Scribner, 1894. Description: 2 v., plates : ill., 3 folded map, ports. ; 23 cm. Notes: "This book is intended to be a companion and complement to my Russian Central Asia"--Author's pref. "List of authors, with reference numbers to their works in the foregoing bibliography": p. <477>-480. Appendices: A. Some of the specimens of fauna collected by Dr. Lansdell in Central Asia. B. Bibliography of Chinese Central Asia. Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel. Asia, Central -- Description and travel. China -- Description and travel. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS709 .L29
Author: Lattimore, Owen, 1900- comp. Title: Silks, spices, and empire; Asia seen through the eyes of its discoverers. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Owen and Eleanor Lattimore. Published: [New York] Delacorte Press [1968]; London, Universal Tandem, 1973 Description: xi, 340 p. maps. 24 cm. Subjects: Asia--Description and travel. Series Titles: The Great explorers series Other Names: Lattimore, Eleanor (Holgate) 1895- Contents: Pliny's Natural History The Geography of Ptolemy History of Ammianus Marcellinus Christian Topography by Cosmas Indicopleustes The Introduction of the Silk-Worm into the Roman Empire: 1. From De Bello Gothico by Procopius 2. From Theophanes of Byzantium Chang Ch'ien and His Account of Ferghana Journeys of the Buddhist Pilgrims to India: 1. From The Travels of Fa-Hsien 2. From Hsüan Tsang The Travels of an Alchemist: Ch'ang Ch'un John of Plano Carpini The Journey of William of Rubruck The Travels of Marco Polo The Second Letter of John of Monte Corvino The Letter of Andrew of Perugia Ibn Batuta's travels in Bengal and China Ambassador to the Court of Timur: Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo Akbar and the Jesuits: Pierre Du Jarric An Account of Tibet: Ippolito Desideri The Voyage of François Pyrard A Voyage to Cochinchina: Sir John Barrow Father Pereira's Journey: Thomas Pereira S.J. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-46: Huc and Gabet The Heart of a Continent: Sir Francis E. Younghusband The Japan Expedition: James Willette Spalding The Land of the Lamas: William W. Rockhill Sand Buried Ruins of Khotan: Sir Mark Aurel Stein A Journey in Southern Siberia: Jeremiah Curtin Beyond the Caspian: Douglas Carruthers On the Eaves of the World: Reginald Farrer Notes: Bibliography: p. 333-334. Geog. Code: a------ ISBN: LC Call No.: DS10 .L3 Dewey Dec. No.:915/.04
Author: Macartney, Catherina Theodora Borland, Lady. Title: An English lady in Chinese Turkestan / by Lady Macartney. Published: London : E. Benn, <1931> Description: 236 p., plates : ill. ; 22 cm. LC Call No.: DS793.E2.M28 Dewey No.: 915.16 Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) -- Description and travel. Sinkiang Province (China) -- Social life and customs. Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel. Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) -- Social life and customs. Control No.: tney, Cath Call Numbers: ech DS793.E2 M13
Author: Maillart, Ella, 1903- Uniform Title: Oasis interdites : de Pekin. English Title: Forbidden journey: from Peking to Kashmir / by Ella K. Maillart. Published: London ; Toronto : W. Heinemann, <1937> Description: xvi, 312 p., plates : facsim., maps (1 folded), ports. ; 22 cm. LC Call No.: DS793.S62 M3 1937c Dewey No.: 815.16 Notes: "First published August 1937: reprinted September, October, November 1937." "Translated from the French by Thomas McGreevy." Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) -- Description and travel. China -- Description and travel. Other authors: MacGreevy, Thomas. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS793.S6 M21 1937
Author: Maillart, Ella, 1903- Uniform Title: Des Monts Câelestes aux Sables Rouges. English. Title: Turkestan solo : one womanþs expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum / by Ella K. Maillart ; translated from the French by John Rodker. Published: London : Putnam, <1934> Description: xi, 307 p., plates : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm. LC Call No.: DK854 .M32 1934 Dewey No.: 915.84 Notes: Maps on lining-papers. Bibliography: p. 302. Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Russia -- Description and travel. Soviet Union -- Description and travel -- 1917- Other authors: Rodker, John, 1894- Control No.: Call Numbers: ech DK854 .M21 1934
Author: Olschki, Leonardo, 1885- Title: Guillaume Boucher, a French artist at the court of the Khans. Published: New York, Greenwood Press [1969, c1946] Description: viii, 125 p. illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Boucher, Guillaume, 13th cent. Civilization, Medieval--13th century. French--Travel--Mongolia--History. Art--Mongolia. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Geog. Code: a-cc-im LC Call No.: ND553.B7 O4 1969 Dewey Dec. No.:709/.24 B
Author: Olschki, Leonardo, 1885- Title: Marco Polo's precursors. Published: New York, Octagon Books, 1972 [c1943] Description: ix, 100 p. map. 22 cm. Subjects: Voyages and travels. Asia--Description and travel. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Geog. Code: a------ ISBN: 0374961468 LC Call No.: DS6 .O4 1972 Dewey Dec. No.:915/.03
Author: Seth, Vikram, 1952- Title: From Heaven Lake : travels through Sinkiang and Tibet / Vikram Seth. Published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1983. Description: 178 p., <8> p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. LC Call No.: DS793.S62 S38 1983 Dewey No.: 915.1/50458 19 ISBN: 0701127007 : L8.95 Subjects: Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel. Tibet (China) -- Description and travel. Control No.: Call Numbers: WSON1 DS793.S6 S42 01/21/85 C
Author: Sykes, Ella Constance, d. 1939. Title: Through deserts and oases of central Asia, by Miss Ella Sykes ... and Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes ... Published: London, Macmillan and co., limited, 1920. Description: xii, 340 p. front., plates, maps (1 fold. in pocket) 23 cm. LC Call No.: DS793 .E289 Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Pamir -- Description and travel. Other authors: Sykes, Percy Molesworth, Sir, 1867-1945. Control No.: onstance,$ Call Numbers: ech DS793.S6 S98
Author: Teague-Jones, Reginald, d. 1988. Title: The spy who disappeared : diary of a secret mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918 / by Reginald Teague-Jones; introduction and epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. Published: London : V. Gollancz, 1990. Description: 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. LC Call No.: UB271.G Dewey No.: 327.12092 20 ISBN: 0575047852 : L14.95 Subjects: Teague-Jones, Reginald, -- d. 1988. Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography. Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921. Other authors: Hopkirk, Peter. Control No.: 71.G
Author: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944. Title: Journey to Turkistan, by Sir Eric Teichman ... Published: London, Hodder and Stoughton, limited <1937> Description: xiv, 15-221 p. plates, ports., fold. map. 23 cm. LC Call No.: DS785 .T38 Dewey No.: 915.16 Notes: Map on lining-paper. Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Sinkiang Province (China) -- Description and travel. Mongolia -- Description and travel. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS785 .T26
Author: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944. Title: Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India / by Eric Teichman ; with original maps of eastern Tibet and photos taken by the author. Published: Cambridge, England : University Press, 1922. Description: xxiii, 248 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Folded map in pocket. Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel. Tibet (China) -- Foreign relations -- China. China -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet. Tibet (China) -- Foreign relations -- India. India -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS785.T26 T7
Author: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944. Title: Travels of a consular officer in north-west China / by Eric Teichman ; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illustrated by photographs taken by the author. Published: Cambridge : The University Press, 1921. Description: 219 p. : ill., maps (2 folded in pocket) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Shensi Province (China) -- Description and travel. Kansu Province (China) -- Description and travel. Control No.: ol. Call Numbers: wson1 DS710 .T26
Author: Theroux, Paul. Title: Riding the iron rooster : by train through China / Paul Theroux. Published: New York : Putnam's, c1988. Description: 480 p. ; 25 cm. LC Call No.: DS712 .T446 1988 Dewey No.: 915.1/0458 19 ISBN: 0399133097 Notes: Map on lining papers. Subjects: China -- Description and travel. Railroad travel -- China. Theroux, Paul -- Journeys -- China. Control No.: ?
Author: Trinkler, Emil, 1896-1931. Uniform Title: Im Land der Stèurme. English. Title: The stormswept roof of Asia ; by yak, camel & sheep caravan in Tibet, Chinese Turkistan & over the Kara-Koram, by Emil Trinkler. Published: London, Seeley, Service, 1931. Description: 11-312 p. front., plates, fold. map. 22 cm. LC Call No.: DS785 .T73 Dewey No.: 915.1 Notes: Translation of Im Land der Stèurme. Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Other authors: Deutsche Zentralasien-expedition (1927-1928) Call Numbers: wson1 DS785 .T83
Author: Vincent, Irene Vongehr. Title: The sacred oasis : caves of the thousand Buddhas, Tun Huang / by Irene Vongehr Vincent ; with a preface by Pearl Buck. Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1953. Description: xix, 114 p., <48> p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 1 folded map ; 25 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 111-112. Includes index. Subjects: Tun-huang hsien (China) Mural painting and decoration. Decoration and ornament -- China -- Kansu. Art, Buddhist. Control No.: LCDAZFÀ Call Numbers: wson1 DS793.K2 V77 1953
Author: Williams, Jay G., 1932- Title: Along the silk route : a journey of the spirit / Jay G. Williams. Published: Clinton, NY : Gwenfrewi Santes Press, c1991. Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. LC Call No.: MLCS 93/14246 (P) ISBN: 0962966207 : $4.95 Control No.: 93216844
Author: Williams, Mark, 1834-1920. Title: Autobiography ; and, Across the Desert of Gobi / Mark Williams. Published: Madison, Wis. (2 North Roby Rd., Madison 53705) : M. Eccles, 1982. Description: x, 318 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm. LC Call No.: BV3427.W53 A32 1982 Dewey No.: 266/.0092/4 B 19 Notes: Edited by Mark Eccles. Reprint (2nd work). Originally published: Hamilton, Ohio : Republican Pub. Co., 1901. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Williams, Mark, -- 1834-1920. Missionaries -- China -- Biography. Missionaries -- United States -- Biography. Williams family. Other authors: Eccles, Mark. Williams, Mark, 1834-1920. Across the desert of Gobi. 1982. Control No.: 81086646
Author: Wu, Aitchãen K. Title: Turkistan tumult / by Aitchen K. Wu ; with 16 plates and 2 endpaper maps. Published: London : Methuen & Co. Ltd., <1940> Description: 278, <2> p., 1 leaf, plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Notes: "First published in 1940." Subjects: Sinkiang Province (China) -- History. Control No.: Call Numbers: wson1 DS793.S6 W95
Author: Wulsin, Frederick Roelker Title: China's Inner Frontier : photographs of the Wulsin expedition to northwest China in 1923 : from the archives of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University and the National Geographic Society Other Auth: Alonso, M.E. (Mary Ellen) Fletcher, Joseph, 1934- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology National Geographic Society (U.S.) Peabody Museum of Salem Pacific Asia Musuem Published: Cambridge, Mass. : The Musuem : distributed by Harvard University Press, c1979 Description: 108 p., : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes: "An exhibition presented by the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from November 8, 1979, to May 4, 1980. The exhibition will then be presented at the Peabody Musuem, Salem, Massachutsetts, June 1, 1980, to December 1,1980, and the Asia Pacific Musuem, Pasadena, California, January 18, 1981, to July 13, 1981." Exhibition Catalog. Subjects: China, Northwest -- Description and travel. Wulsin, Frederick Roelker, 1891- Call Numbers: DS793.N6 W84
Author: Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942. Title: The heart of a continent : a narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894 / by Frank E. Younghusband. Published: New York : Scribner, 1896. Description: xvii, 409 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill., 4 maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; 24 cm. LC Call No.: DS785 .Y58 1896 Dewey No.: 915 Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Manchuria (China) -- Description and travel. Younghusband, Francis Eduard, -- Sir, -- 1863-1942 -- Journeys -- Asia, Central. Younghusband, Francis Eduard, -- Sir, -- 1863-1942 -- Journeys -- China -- Manchuria. Control No.: 75307985 //r862