Markham Baber (1 results)

VIII, 650 S. mit 9 meist mehrf. gefalteten lithographischen Karten u. 17 Abbildungen. 25 x 16 cm, blaues Leinen mit RTitel (Karten u. einge Seiten am Rand bzw. rückseitig mit Bibl.Stempel) * Comprises: (1) 200 pp. on CHINA: (i) Travels and Researches in Western China - Western Ssu-ch'uan (by E.C. Baber), Route map of explorations in Western China (3 folding sheets), 10 tables with characters (Lolo manuscript), 11 figures, 1 foldout table: Section of Country along Barber's routes between Hui-Li Chou & Yang-Liu-Shu and Lu-Ku & Chin-Kou-Ho. (ii) Journey to Ta-chien-lu in 1878. (iii) Notes on the route followed by Mr. Grosvernor's mission through Western Yünnan, from Tali-Fu to Teng-Yueh. (iv) On the Chinese Tea Trade with Tibet. - (2) Notes on the recent geography of Central Asia; from Russian sources (by D. Morgan), 60 pp. 1 map of Central Asia - (3) Progress of discovery on the coasts of New Guinea; report by C.R. Markham with a 50-page Bibliography of New Guinea by E.C. Rye. - (4) Afghanistan: Reports on parts of the Ghilzi/ Ghilzai Country (by J.S. Broadfoot), 60 pp. 2 maps - (5) Persia / Iran: Journey from Shiraz to Jashk (by J.R. Preece), 38 pp. 1 map - (6) Geographical Education (in Great Britain, Germany etc.). Report by J.S. Keltie, 160 pp. - (7) The Cadastral Survey of India (by W. Barron); Great Trignometrical Survey of India (by A. W. Baird).