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River Road to China

Paperback • 1999 • English

River Road to China

By Milton Osborne

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About the book

In 1866, six Frenchmen set out on a dangerous mission to seek a trade route up the Mekong. During the two years that followed, they would journey through more than four thousand miles of unmapped territory, from the tropical heat of the swamps of Vietnam and Cambodia to the bitter cold of the mountain ranges of southwestern China. Their historic expedition is the dramatic subject of River Road to China by world-renowned Southeast Asia expert Milton Osborne. Selected by The New York Times as one ...Show more

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ISBN

9780871137524

Publisher

Avalon Travel Publishing

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

River Road to China

Format

Paperback

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