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ricerca di: John Murray - Libri recensiti: 10
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In breve: This book recounts a trip, taken mostly on bicycle, by a gritty Irishwoman in 1963. Her route was through Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ended in New Delhi. She carried a pistol, got sunstroke, and suffered the usual stomach disorders. She endured bad accommodations but reaped much local hospitality, too, including a dinner with the Pakistani president. Most of the book concerns the high mountain country of Afghanistan and Pakistan. First published in England in 1965, the book is neither current, nor quite old enough to be of much historical interest.
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In breve: In The Waiting Land seasoned travel writer Dervla Murphy affectionately portrays the people of Nepal’s different tribes, the customs of an ancient, complex civilization and the country’s natural grandeur and beauty.
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In breve: The Coast of Incense is the third book in Freya Stark's autobiography. It covers the middle years (1933-1939). The author emerges as an intelligent and gifted woman, a sensitive observer and a courageous traveler.
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In breve: Nel dicembre del 1903 un esercito britannico marciò sull’Himalaya per contrastare un’inesistente minaccia russa e si trovò di fronte un esercito tibetano medievale a cui era stato ordinato di fermarlo con mezzi non violenti.
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In breve: Era un classico, Un Nepal scomparso.
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In breve: In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval land during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the extraordinary race between agents, soldiers, missionaries, mountaineers, explorers, and mystics from nine different countries to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital.
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In breve: The book spans 75 years, beginning with the ill-fated William Moorcroft, a veterinarian in the service of the East India Company who arrived in the Himalayas in 1820, and ends with the men who were responsible for bringing the region of Chitral under British control in 1895.
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In breve: Nel novembre del 1881, Sarat Chandra iniziò il suo secondo viaggio in Tibet, e questa volta riuscì a fare una breve visita a Lhasa e ad estese esplorazioni lungo lo Tsangpo. Al suo ritorno in India nel 1883 iniziò a modificare e pubblicare testi in inglese alcuni dei 200 manoscritti e volumi che aveva portato con sé. Il presente volume è il racconto della sua seconda spedizione in Tibet.
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In breve: Burnes agiva come diplomatico e spia. Avendo avuto successo, venne quindi inviato in una missione molto più pericolosa, per esplorare le realtà politiche ed etniche tra i Khanati dell'Afghanistan e dell'Asia centrale. Questo diario di viaggio porta l'inebriante senso di eccitazione, rischio e zelo delle missioni di Alexander Burnes.
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In breve: Francis Younghusband was an explorer and soldier best known for leading the controversial British military mission to Lhasa, Tibet in 1903‒4. In 1886 Younghusband was granted leave from his military post in British India to accompany the explorer H.E.M. James on a seven-month journey around Manchuria. After completing this expedition, Younghusband received permission in March 1887 to undertake an overland journey from Peking (Beijing) to India.
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