Vanished Kingdoms: A Woman Explorer in Tibet, China, and Mongolia 1921-1925 - Rilegato

Cabot, Mabel H.

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ISBN 10: 1931788081 ISBN 13: 9781931788083

Casa editrice: Aperture, 2004

Riassunto

A Testament to yhe Great Spirit and Success of a Remarkable Woman Explorer In the early 1920s, the last great age of world explorers, a remarkable young woman, Janet Elliott Wulsin, set out with her husband, Frederick Wulsin, for the far reaches of China, Tibet, and Outer Mongolia to study the people, flora, and fauna of the region. Janet’s strenuous, eventful exploration is detailed by a text enriched with excerpts from her candid personal letters. The journey proved to be a test of the Wulsins’ endurance and of their relationship. While in Asia, the Wulsins took many extraordinary photographs, which form the heart of this richly produced publication. They documented tribespeople and sublime desert landscapes, and, perhaps most remarkably, were allowed to photograph the interior of several of the great Tibetan Buddhist lamaseries, many of which have since been destroyed. Several dozen rare, hand-painted lantern slides survived and are reproduced here in splendid color. The photographs from the Wulsin expedition are now in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, in collaboration with which this volume is being produced.

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L'autore:

Mabel H. Cabot has written for The Washington Post, The Washington Star, and Smithsonian.

Product Description:

Book by Cabot Mabel H Watson Rubie S

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Aperture
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1931788081
• ISBN 13: 9781931788083
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 192