The land of the lamas : notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet with maps and illustrations / by William Woodville Rockhill.

Author/creator Rockhill, William Woodville author.
Other author Century Company, publisher.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, [N.Y.] : Century Co., 1891.
Descriptionviii, 399 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, 2 maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914--Travel. --China.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Description and travel.
China--Description and travel.
Inner Mongolia (China)--Description and travel.

Contents Peking, T'ai-Yuan, Hsi-An, Lan-Chou Fu -- Lan-Chou Fu, Hsi-Ning, Kumbum, Tankar -- Koko-Nor and Ts'Aidam -- Sources of the Yellow River ; Northeastern Tibet ; The Nam-Ts'o tribe -- Passage of the Dré Ch'u (the River of Golden Sands) ; Jyekundo, Dérgé, The Horba States, Girong -- Ta-Chien-Lu (Darchédo): its commerce ; Notes on the government, commerce, system of taxation, population, foreign relations, etc., of Tibet -- Ta-Chien-Lu, Ya-Chou, Ch'ung-Ch'ing, I-Ch'ang, Shang-Hai -- Foreign tribes of Kan-Su -- Origin of the prayer "Om Mani Padmé Hūm" -- Early ethnography of the Koko-Nor and Eastern Tibet -- Divination by shoulder-blades ; Scapulamancy or omoplatoscopy -- Political geography of Eastern Tibet -- Origin of the Tibetan people, as told in the "Mani Kambum," chapter xxxiv -- Notes on the language of Eastern Tibet -- Itinerary and barometric observations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
Issued in other formOnline version: Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914. Land of the lamas. New York : Century Co., 1891
LCCN 04016692

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