News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to KashmirC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 384 頁 There is not much to say about this book by way of introduction. It describes an undeservedly successful attempt to travel overland from Peking in China to Kashmir in India. The journey took seven months and covered about 3500 miles. -- |
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