Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Unlike many explorers of the time, Lansdell was open to different cultures and his travels yielded detailed accounts that were free from the racial and religious prejudices typical of the period. Chinese Central Asia recounts Lansdell's 9, 000-mile journey across the Tian Shan Mountains and into Western China, and describes the peoples he encountered, their history and religion, crafts and customs, modes of dress, natural history, trade and medicine.
The two-volume set provides the first account in the English language of Chinese Turkestan, contains an extensive bibliography of more than 750 books and includes a new introduction by Irina Kantarbaeva-Bill.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 1
Introduction, Irina Kantarbaeva-Bill
Preface
Introduction
1. From London to Moscow
2. From Moscow to the Caspian
3. From the Caspian to Merv
4. From Merv to Oxus
5. Bokhara
6. Samarkand
7. Tashkend
8. From Tashkend to Issik-Kul
9. From Issik-Kul to Vierny
10. Vierny after an Earthquake
11. From Vierny to the Chinese Frontier
12. Manchuria, Mongolia, Sungaria
13. Chinese Official Preliminaries
14. Preparations at Kuldja
15. From Kuldja to the Pass of Chapchal
16. The Tekes Valley
17. Up the Muz-Tag Mountains
18. Over the Muz-Davan or Ice Pass
19. Down the Muzart Valley
20. From Muzart-Kurgan to Aksu
21. Chinese Turkistan
22. Our Stay at Aksu
23. The Sources of our Knowledge of Chinese Central Asia
24. From Aksu to Maralbashi
25. The Inhabitants of Chinese Turkistan
26. From Maralbashi to Kashgar
27. Our Stay at Kashgar
Appendix: Chronology of Chinese Central Asia
Volume 2
28. The Pamirs and Regions Adjoining
29. On Sundries Zoological
30. From Kashgar to Yengi Hissar
31. The History of Chinese Turkistan
32. From Yengi Hissar to Yarkand
33. Buddhism and Other Early Religions in Chinese Turkistan
34. Our Stay in Yarkand
35. Early Christianity in Chinese Central Asia
36. From Yarkand to Karghalik
37. From Karghalik to Khotan
38.The Kingdom of Khotan
39. Our Stay in Khotan
40. Muhammadanism and the Present religious Condition of Chinese Turkistan
41. From Khotan to Kilian
42. Some Remarks on the Political Condition of Chinese Turkistan
43. From Kilian to Shahidula
44. Concerning Great Tibet
45. Our Knowledge of, and Relations with, Tibet
46. A Journey in Little Tibet
47. A Missionary View of Chinese Turkistan
48. Plans Concerning Lassa
49. The Journey Homewards
50. A Successful Failure
Index
