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Conquering the Desert of Death, Across the Taklamakan
by Charles Blackmore • Peter Hopkirk (Introduction)
- EXPLORATION
- 2008
- PAPER
- 268 PAGES
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An account of Major Blackmore's extraordinary two-month-long, 780-mile trek across the high dunes of remote Xianjiang, first published in 1995. His Anglo-Chinese expedition was the first to cross the full length of the Tarim Basin. The sole woman in the team, Carolyn Ellis, was one of two expedition members to walk the entire route without once riding a camel.
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by John Hare
- EXPLORATION
- 2000
- PAPER
- 239 PAGES
A vivid account of three expeditions on the trail of the migrating Bactrian camel through the deserts of Xinjiang and Mongolia. The author includes vivid portraits of the people he encounters along the way. (CAS67, $14.99)
by Peter Fleming
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 1999
- PAPER
- 384 PAGES
Fleming's rousing account of a 3,500-mile jaunt from Peking to Sinkiang and on to India, a classic of imperial British wit and style. (CAS46, $18.95)
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