Gabet / Huc / Pelliot Travels in Tartary Thibet and China, Volume Two

1844-1846
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-28486-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening Standard
'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains a classic worthy of reproduction' The Times Published to critical acclaim and well known for many years afterwards this account of the journey across Mongolia to Lhasa in the early nineteenth century owes much of its success to the literary skills of its authors, made available in English for the first time by William Hazlitt and Paul Pelliot.
Among other topics the chapters cover: The French mission of Peking, Tartar manners and customs, festivals, an interview with a Tibetan Lama, the flooding of the Yellow River, Tartar veterinary surgeons, irrigation projects, comparative studies between Catholicism and Buddhism, war between two living Buddhas, and the Chinese account of Tibet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gabet,

Huc,

Pelliot, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Caravan of Khalkha Tartars

2. Marvellous birth of Tsong-Kaba

3. Aspect of the Lamasery of Tchogortan

4. Aspect of the koukou-Noor

5. Lodgings in a Thibetian House

6. Visit of Five Spies

7. Notice of Moorcroft the English Traveller

8. Chinese account of Thibet

9. Glance at Tsiamdo