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Title Explorers all : famous journeys in Asia / edited by Sir Percy Sykes
Published London : Newnes, 1939

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 MELB  915.04 Syk/Eaf  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 206 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Across Persia to India / P. Sykes -- Forbidden road, through Afghanistan to Central Asia / R. Forbes -- Through Central Asia by caravan / E.K. Maillart -- On the western border of the Hadhramaut / F. Stark -- A journey through the Tsangpo Gorge / F.K. Ward -- In quest of the Arabian oryx / D. Carruthers -- By secret ways to Shabwa / H. Helfritz -- The first crossing of the great South Arabian desert / B. Thomas -- The great migration of the Ruala / C.R. Raswan -- Flight over Everest / L.S.V. Blacker-- A woman explores North China/ B. Lessing -- Between Korea and Manchukuo / G.V. Hett -- From Peking to India, 1887 / F. Younghusband -- Among the witch doctors of Borneo / V. von Plessen
SUBJECT Asia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008613
Author Sykes, Percy, Sir, 1867-1945.
LC no. ret00406168