Traces in the desert : journeys of discovery across Central Asia /: journeys of discovery across Central Asia. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christoph Baumer.
• Other Names: Baumer, Christoph
• Contents: List of Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Foreword by John Hare; Introduction; Part I: In Search of the Nestorians; Christian Crosses in the Himalayas; The Churches and Monasteries of Tur Abdin; Christians in Iran; Merv, City of Infidels; The Mistery of Khukh Burd Süme; Part II: The Nomadic Land; Searching for Genghis Khan's Tomb; Among the Eagle Hunters; Art in Stone and Men of Stone; A Shaman from Tuva; Genghis Khan's Capital; Part III: Discovering the Treasures of Tibet; Land of Snows; Yaks as Snowploughs; Milarepa's Tower; The Unknown Bönpos; Between Heaven and Earth.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages, [32] pages of plates), illustrations (chiefly color), maps
• Subjects: 915.80443; TRAVEL; Antiquities; Civilization; Travel; Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Asia, Central -- Civilization; Asia, Central -- Antiquities; Asia, Central; Zentralasien; Zentralasien -- Reisebericht; Electronic books; Travel -- Asia, Central
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441681348; 1441681345; 9780857718327; 0857718320
• Related ISBNs: 9781845113377; 1845113373
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.