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Bezig met laden... On ancient Central-Asian tracks;: Brief narrative of three expeditions in innermost Asia and northwestern China, (1932)door Sir Aurel Stein
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Although this account is of amazing journeys, it seems reserved almost to the point of superficiality. Aurel Stein emphasizes his reliance on, and his emotional connection to, those explorers who preceded him by hundreds of years, as well as the cosmopolitan nature of the art he finds (Asian facial features, Hellenistic robes depicted in the same works), but he gives short shrift to the the actual experiences he and his entourage had on their journeys. It is fascinating that, hundreds of years later, he can discern the physical landmarks as described by previous explorers such as Marco Polo so many years before, but it would have been more satisfying if he had made the connections by more extensive quotes from his predecessors' works. Although some of the extreme physical demands of the journeys are mentioned, they are really not described in any detail. The author praises many of those who journeyed with him, but he does not give us any in depth description of their personalities, or of his relationships with them. The (too few) photographs in the book give a hint of the vastness of the landscape. I am so impressed by the treks themselves, that it seems somehow a bit unfair to quibble that the narrative is disjointed because it does not have coherent organizing principle (it is not chronological, nor, as far as I can tell, thematic). However, the biggest fault of the book was not Aurel Stein's, but the editor/publisher who decided to omit some of the illustrations, and failed to include maps detailed and large enough to show the paths of Aurel Stein's expeditions. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)913.516History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in ancient worldLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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