Atatürk, Kemal , 1881-1938, History, DR592.M8 M55 1931, 923.156, 956.10240924
by Dagobert von Mikusch ; translated by John Linton. Translation of Gazi Mustafa Kemal: zwischen Europa und Asien. Includes index. Show moreby Dagobert von Mikusch ; translated by John Linton. Translation of Gazi Mustafa Kemal: zwischen Europa und Asien. Includes index. Show less
With plates, after designs by James Stuart ; Written by an Italian gentleman. Show moreWith plates, after designs by James Stuart ; Written by an Italian gentleman. Show less
Introduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes... Show moreIntroduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes -- From Lake Aral to Tashkend -- From Tashkend to Margelan -- The Syr-Daria -- A winter journey over the Pamirs. Up the Isafaïran Valley -- Over the Tenghiz-Bai Pass -- Up the Alaï Valley -- Over the Trans-Alaï -- Lake Kara-Kul -- Population of the Russian Pamirs -- Geographical summary -- Fort Pamir -- The Mus-Tagh-Ata and its glaciers. From the Murghab to Bulun-Kul -- Mus-Tagh-Ata -- An attempt to climb Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Reminiscences of a Kashgar -- A Chinese dinner-party -- From Kashgar to Ighiz-Yar -- Through the Gorge of Tenghi-Tar -- The plain of Tagharma -- Among the Kirghiz -- Little Kara-Kul Lake -- Little Kara-Kul Lake (continued) -- Amongst the glaciers of Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My second attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My third attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Moonlight on Mus-Tagh-Ata -- To Fort Pamir and back -- Boating adventures on the Little Kara-Kul -- Life among the Kirghiz -- Return to Kashgar -- Across the Takla-Makan Desert. To Maral-Bashi -- An excursion to the Masar-Tagh -- The Shrine of Ordan Padshah -- On th threshold of the desert -- The start from Merket -- Skirting the desert -- An earthly paradise -- In the ban of the desert -- The camels break down -- No water left -- The camp of death -- The crisis comes -- A desperate march -- Human beings at last -- With the shepherds of the Khotan-Daria -- A rescue party -- Down the Kotan-Daria -- From Ak-Su to Kashgar. A summer trip to the southern Pamirs. Over the Ullug-Art Pass -- With the Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission -- Festivities on the Roof of the World -- Over the mountains to the Yarkand-Daria and to Kashgar -- Across the Desert of Gobi to Lop-Nor. From Kashgar to Kargalik -- Alongside the desert to Khotan -- City and oasis of Khotan -- Borasan and its archæological remains -- History of Khotan -- The buried city of Takla-Makan -- A curious shepherd race -- Down the Keriay-Daria -- Where the wild camel lives -- Where is the Tarim? -- Through the forests of the Tarim -- At Korla and Kara-Shahr -- The Lop-Nor problem -- A boat excursion on the northern Lop-Nor -- Along Przhevalsky's Lob-Nor by boat -- The return to Khotan -- The sequel of my desert journey -- Through northern Tibet and Tsaidam. Over the Kwen-Lun Passes -- My caravan : its several members -- We enter uninhabited regions -- Amongst the spurs of the Arka-Tagh -- Searching for a pass -- The deceitful Taghliks -- Over the Arka-Tagh at last -- The wild ass -- Hunting the wild yak -- Lakes without end -- Tibetan storms -- Discoveries of inscribed stones -- Inhabited regions again -- Among the Mongols of Tsaidam -- Through the Desert of Tsaidam -- Among the Mongolian lakes -- An encounter with Tangut robbers -- From Tsaidam to Peking. Through the country of the Tanguts -- Koko-Nor -- From Koko-Nor to Ten-Kar -- The temple of ten thousand images -- Si-ning-Fu and the Dungan Revolt -- From Sin-Ning-Fu to Liang-Chow-Fu -- Through the Desert of Ala-Shan -- Wang-Yeh-Fu and Ning-Sha -- To Peking and home. by Sven Hedin ; with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS8 .H44 1898 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10230592 BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
By Colonel L. Du Couret (Hadji-Abd̓el-Hamid-bey) ... Tr. from the French. "Note by the translator" signed: C. D. S. Also available in digital form on... Show moreBy Colonel L. Du Couret (Hadji-Abd̓el-Hamid-bey) ... Tr. from the French. "Note by the translator" signed: C. D. S. Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. Show less
L. W. King, H. R. Hall. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .K56 1910 Book Item-ID: i10085129 BIB-ID: 1010148 Show moreL. W. King, H. R. Hall. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .K56 1910 Book Item-ID: i10085129 BIB-ID: 1010148 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i15643074 BIB-ID: 1012474 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i15643074 BIB-ID: 1012474 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS785 .H43 1903, 915
by Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish... Show moreby Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Show less
