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Author Kingdon-Ward, F. (Francis), 1885-1958

Title A plant hunter in Tibet / Frank Kingdon Ward
Published London ; New York, NY : Kegan Paul, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages leaves of plates) : illustrations, 2 maps
Series Kegan Paul library of Central Asia
Kegan Paul library of Central Asia.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Dedication; I Unadministered Territory: Jungle Ways; III The Valley Where No Man Goes; IV First Flowers; V Ordeal by Flogging; VI The River of Ice; VII Plant Hunting; VIII Filming the Flowers; IX Over the Great Snow Range; X The Lone Monastery; XI High Life on the Roof of the World; XII Exploring; XIII The Riddle of the Salween; XIV Ningri Tangor; XV The Deserted Fort; XVI The Fight in the Dzong; XVII Lost on the Great Range; XVIII The Road to Ru; XIX Farewell to the Monastery
XX The Pilgrim's ProgressXXI The Glamour of the Mountains; XXII Over the Last Pass; XXIII The Mishmi Hills; Notes; Index
Summary First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Related To Facsimile reprint. First published by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1934
Notes Includes indexes
2 folded maps in rear pocket
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Subject Kingdon-Ward, F. (Francis), 1885-1958 -- Travel -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
SUBJECT Kingdon-Ward, F. (Francis), 1885-1958 fast
Subject Plant collectors -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Biography
Botany -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Botany
Plant collectors
Travel
SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel
Subject China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Genre/Form collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317845782
1317845781