Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission; Volume 1

This book recounts the scientific findings of the Second Yarkand Mission, which was undertaken at the end of the 19th century as part of a larger British imperial effort to better understand and control Central Asia. Stoliczka's detailed observations of geography, climate, flora, and fauna would be of lasting value to scholars of the region.

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