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Sto caricando le informazioni... Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestandi Albert von Le Coq
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The story of Von le Coq's archeological adventures in Chinese Turkestan at the beginning of the twentieth century. It includes a little family history, as well as background information about what was known about the silk road at the time. He describes everything in an entertaining and absorbing style with many amusing anecdotes about the people he meets and also his colleague, Grünwedel. Towards the end, when, recovering from dysentery he climbs over part of the Himalayan range and down into India, it becomes an account of an heroic adventure. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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First published in 1928, this volume constituted the results of expeditions by the famous archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia, Albert von Le Coq. Funded by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and von Le Coq's own brewing and winery empire, the second and third German expeditions ventured to Turfan in the Xinjiang region of China. Travelling East expecting to find Greek influences, the expedition in fact uncovered extensive networks of Buddhist and Manichaean cave temples in the Northwest China. This volume includes extensive images in addition to a record of the expedition's journeys and discoveries. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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