The Land of the Lamas: Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and Tibet. E-book. Formato PDF William Woodville Rockhill   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

I have passed over as rapidly as possible my journey through China, for the country I traversed has been in great part studied before me by other travelers who have told better than I could possibly do, of its beauty or dreariness, of its resources, of the customs and legendary lore of the people.

Diary of a Journey Through Mongolia and Tibet: In 1891 and 1892. E-book. Formato PDF William Woodville Rockhill   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

I pass over the work of Brian H. Hodgson, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Hooker, Alexander Cunningham, Wilson, Ashley Eden and others in Sikkim, Bhutan and the adjacent countries, as the field Of their labors was in those parts of Tibet which are under British rule or influence.

The Journey of William of Rubruck to the Eastern Parts of the World, 1253-55, as Narrated by Himself: With Two Account of the Earlier Journey of John of Pian De Carpine. E-book. Formato PDF William Woodville Rockhill   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In publishing the narrative of Friar William of Rubruck, a work which should rank as high in the literature of travel as that of Marco Polo, his better-known successor in the field of Asiatic exploration, the Hakluyt Society, I think, not only renders a service to students, but performs an act of justice long due to a great, though much neglected, traveller, who for six hundred and fifty years has remained imperfectly known and appreciated.It must be a source of lasting regret to all members of the Society that our great geographer and lamented President, Sir Henry Yule, was not able to undertake the preparation of an edition of William of Rubruck's Itinerariuni, as he had long contemplated doing; but his high opinion of the narrative, expressed in several of his works, has already greatly contributed towards establishing the travellers unquestionable right to pre-eminence among the earliest European explorers of Asia, It is sincerely hoped that the present volume will further aid in showing the equity of Friar Williams claim to the highest recognition.