Bookplates, Description and travel, DS47 .E32 1759
By the Honourable J. Aegidius van Egmont ... and John Heyman ... Tr. from the Low Dutch. Armorial bookplate of John Bevan. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreBy the Honourable J. Aegidius van Egmont ... and John Heyman ... Tr. from the Low Dutch. Armorial bookplate of John Bevan. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .E32 1759 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20244484 BIB-ID: 1025038 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. 1 Item-ID: i2343739x BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
What is a horse? -- A look at Equus -- The living wild equidae -- Horses and history -- Ancient breeds -- Some European breeds in America -- An... Show moreWhat is a horse? -- A look at Equus -- The living wild equidae -- Horses and history -- Ancient breeds -- Some European breeds in America -- An interlude on gaits and the invention of motion pictures -- American breeds and their forerunners -- A horse of another color -- Hunters and hunting of fossil horses -- Time-scale of horse history -- Forerunners of the horses -- The little Eohippus -- Other Eocene horses -- Early three-toed horses -- The great transformation -- Later three-toed horses -- One-toed horses -- The horse's relatives -- False horses -- Evidence in court -- How horses changed: skull and brain -- How horses changed: teeth -- How horses changed: limbs and feet -- Patterns of evolution -- Explanations of evolution -- Appendix A: Where to see fossil horses -- Appendix B: Where to read more about horses -- Index George Gaylord Simpson. Main Heritage Compact General QL737.U6 S56 1951 Reference Item-ID: i17070235 BIB-ID: 1525667 Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-236) and index. Show less
by James Capper. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C37 1785 Book Item-ID: i10154541 BIB-ID: 1017090 Show moreby James Capper. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C37 1785 Book Item-ID: i10154541 BIB-ID: 1017090 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48 .C43 1835
By the Viscount de Chateaubriand. Tr. from the French by Frederic Shoberl. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C43 1835 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20234429 BIB... Show moreBy the Viscount de Chateaubriand. Tr. from the French by Frederic Shoberl. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C43 1835 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20234429 BIB-ID: 1025044 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48 .C43 1835
By the Viscount de Chateaubriand. Tr. from the French by Frederic Shoberl. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C43 1835 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10234081 BIB... Show moreBy the Viscount de Chateaubriand. Tr. from the French by Frederic Shoberl. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .C43 1835 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10234081 BIB-ID: 1025044 Show less
by W.G. Palgrave. Print off: Observations in Arabia Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .P35 1864 Book Item-ID: i23614328 BIB-ID: 2518707 Show moreby W.G. Palgrave. Print off: Observations in Arabia Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .P35 1864 Book Item-ID: i23614328 BIB-ID: 2518707 Show less
by Arthur Arnold. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .A76 1877 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10230713 BIB-ID: 1024707 Show moreby Arthur Arnold. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .A76 1877 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10230713 BIB-ID: 1024707 Show less
by Arthur Arnold. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .A76 1877 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20241604 BIB-ID: 1024707 Show moreby Arthur Arnold. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .A76 1877 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20241604 BIB-ID: 1024707 Show less
by William Gifford Palgrave. Title vignette (portrait). Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .P35 1873 Book Item-ID: i15802541 BIB-ID: 1017851 Show moreby William Gifford Palgrave. Title vignette (portrait). Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .P35 1873 Book Item-ID: i15802541 BIB-ID: 1017851 Show less
