Naturalist in Western China With Vasculum, Camera and Gun - Being Some Account of Eleven Years'' Travel

Klappentext A detailed account of a journey through Western China by a plant collector who spent much of his career there. Zusammenfassung Naturalist Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) spent much of his career in China, collecting seeds and plant samples. In Volume 1 of this work of 1913, he describes his journey from Hupeh (Hubei), through Tibet, ending in Wa Wu Shan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction Charles S. Sargent; 1. Western China - mountain ranges and river systems; 2. Western Hupeh - general topography and geology; 3. Methods of travel - roads and accommodation; 4. In quest of flowers - a journey in North-Western Hupeh; 5. Forest and crag - across the Hupeh-Szechuan frontier; 6. The red basin of Szechuan - its geology, mineral, and agricultural wealth; 7. Eastern Szechuan - narrative of a journey from Taning Hsien to Tunghsiang Hsien; 8. The ancient kingdom of Pa - narrative of a journey from Tunghsiang Hsien to Paoning Fu; 9. The Chengtu Plain - 'The Garden of Western China'; 10. North-Western Szechuan - narrative of a cross-mountain journey to Sungpan Ting; 11. Sungpan Ting - the land of the Sifan; 12. The Chino-Thibetan borderland - 'The Marches of the Mantzu'; 13. The Chiarung tribes - their history, manners, and customs; 14. Across the Chino-Tibetan borderland - Kuan Hsien to Romi Chango; the flora of the Panlan Shan; 15. Across the Chino-Thibetan borderland - Romi Chango to Tachienlu; the forests of the Ta-P'ao Shan; 16. Tachienlu, the gate of Thibet - the Kingdom of Chiala, its people, their manners and customs; 17. Sacred Omei Shan - its temples and its flora; 18. Through the Laolin (wilderness) - narrative of a journey from Kiating to Malie, via Wawu Shan; 19. Wa Shan and its flora.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Henry Wilson, Wilson Ernest Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781108030458
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03045-8
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture; A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; China, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Botany & plant sciences, Classic Travel Writing, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Botany and plant sciences, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China