Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, Under the Leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews, Vol. 2: Preliminary Contributions in Geology, Palaeontology, Archaeology, Botany and

Roy Chapman Andrews

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Excerpt from Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The American Museum of Natural History hopes in the near future to conduct extensive explorations in this part of the world along general scientific lines. The country itself and its inhabitants, however, present unusual obstacles to scientific research. Not only is the region one of vast intersecting mountain ranges, the greatest of the earth, but the climate is too cold in win ter to permit of continuous work. The people have a natural dislike for foreigners, and the political events of the last half century have not tended to decrease their suspicions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The New Conquest of Central Asia, Vol. 1: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930; Natural History of Central AsiaThis book is an introduction to the scientific publications on the explora tions of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, from 1921 to 1930. It tells how the work was done and attempts to give a picture of the country itself, of the Expeditions' daily life in Cmp and on the trail, of the transport by camels and motor cars, and of the principal discoveries in the various branches of science represented. It has been written to give the layman a comprehensive View of the Expeditions and makes no attempt to discuss the discoveries in detail, inasmuch as that is done in the series of scientific volumes which follow.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The New Conquest of Central Asia, Vol. 1: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930; Natural History of Central Asia (Classic Reprint)

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On the Trail of Ancient Man: A Narrative of the Field Work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions (Classic Reprint)

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In the Days of the Dinosaurs

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<p>Pp. 190; 17 illustrations from drawings by Kurt Wiese. Publisher's original tan cloth, lettered in red on the spine and with illustration in red on the front cover, illustrated endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket featuring a snow leopard, 8vo. This is a fascinating fictionalized account of a zoological expedition that Dr. Andrews made in 1916-17 to the little known province of Yunnan, in southwest China, and to the Tibetan frontier (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks. Rare work especially in a complete dust jacket.</p>

Quest of the Snow Leopard

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Across Mongolian Plains

<p>Across Mongolian Plains is an account of a natural history expedition across Mongolia and Northern China by the great American naturalist, Roy Chapman Andrews. Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 - March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous.</p>

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Show Excerpt Empress Dowager and Ch'ien Lung--The "hinterland"--An area of desolation--Our camp in the forest--Reeves's pheasant--The most beautiful Chinese deer--"Blood horns" as medicine--Goral--Animals and birds of the Tung Ling--A new method of catching trout--A forest fire--Native stupidity--Wanton destruction--China's great opportunity INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS A Nomad of the Mongolian Plains (Frontispiece) Roy Chapman Andrews on "Kublai Khan" Yvette Borup Andrews, Photographer of the Expedition At the End of the Long Trail from Outer Mongolia Women of Southern Mongolia The Middle Ages and the Twentieth Century A Mongolian Antelope Killed from Our Motor Car Watering Camels at a Well in the Gobi Desert The Water Carrier for a Caravan A Thirty-five Pound Bustard Young Mongolia Mongol Horsemen on the Streets of Urga The Prison at Urga A Criminal in a Coffin with Hands Manacled The Great Temple at U

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REPRINT. Special Description Note- This is not a print on demand edition. Care has been taken to enhance and improve the original text whenever possible. Martino Publishing follows the standards of traditional printing and quality is a primary concern. We distinguish ourselves from Print on Demand by our quality controls, paper quality and binding quality.  Hardbound. Large Quarto. L, 678 p. col. front., With 128 plates and 12 illustrations in the text and three maps at end. New York, The American Museum of Natural History, 1932. This bulky volume presents in narrative form the adventures, travels, and discoveries of the largest and most highly organized land expeditions which have ever embarked from the United States of America. It covers ten years of work and five seasons in the field. The cost was over 600,000 dollars and the European staff comprised thirty-four experts, of whom five were topographers. The value of this book is not strictly geographical. Notes on zoology, palaeontology, and topography are scattered throughout the book, together forming a fine picture of the whole object and results of the expedition. The difficulties of the topographers are well exemplified by the account (p. 293) of the survey of a mirage with its lake and hills, in the belief that it was in fact what it looked like. Part I deals with the Mongolian Expeditions in which a fleet of Dodge cars take a leading place and without which such great distances could never have been traversedin the time. But perhaps the outstanding feature of the book is the impor tance and success of correlated scientific work in the field. Its value is amply proved. Zoology, botany, palaeontology, and topography were all brought into contact overa single specimen, and for that Dr. Andrews must take full credit. The genesis of the expeditions dates from Professor Osborn's prediction in 1900 that Asia would prove to have been a great dispersal centre of northern terrestrial mammalian life, and the remarkable fossil discoveries appear to have amply justified the contention. The discovery of the Baluchitherium (pp. 138 et seq.), of the Shovel-toothed Mastodon (Platybelodon), together with a fossil foetus (p. 144), and of some fifty eggsof more than one species of Dinosaur at the now famous Flaming Cliffs of Shabarakh Usu, are among the most sensational and are of world-wide interest. The whole of those ten years' work have been a marvelous triumph of organization, inspired by Professor Osborn and carried out by Dr. Andrews and his staff. The work is profusely illustrated with excellent photographs, and there is a good index.

The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930

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Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, Under the Leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews, Vol. 2: Preliminary Contributions in Geology, Palaeontology, Archaeology, Botany and

Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China (Classic Reprint)

The New Conquest of Central Asia, Vol. 1: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930; Natural History of Central Asia (Classic Reprint)

On the Trail of Ancient Man: A Narrative of the Field Work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions (Classic Reprint)

In the Days of the Dinosaurs

Quest of the Snow Leopard

Across Mongolian Plains

Across Mongolian Plains

The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930