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      Frank Kingdon Ward’s Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges

      Kenneth Cox,Ken Storm Jr.,Ian Baker

      The Tsangpo Gorge in south-east Tibet is the world’s deepest gorge. First published in 1926, this work tells the story of its exploration and the rich plant and animal life…

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      Return to the Irrawaddy

      Frank Kingdon-Ward

      Legendary botanist and explorer, Frank Kingdon-Ward records the details of his last expedition, including a fascinating account of the flora, fauna and human cultures one of the most remote corners…

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      Burma’s Icy Mountains

      Frank Kingdon-Ward

      Describes the author’s two expeditions to Burma - one on his own and a second, with a larger American party close to the Burma-China border - completed by the intrepid…

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      A Plant Hunter in Tibet

      Frank Kingdon-Ward

      Offers an account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward’s 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet that was significant for his geographic revelations. This work presents descriptions of the…

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      In Farthest Burma

      Frank Kingdon-Ward

      Records the 1914 expedition of Kingdon-Ward, the famed plant-collector and explorer, along the eastern branch of Burma’s great Irrawaddy River. A classic travel and botany account, told in the author’s…

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      In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward

      Frank Kingdon Ward

      Part of the Modern Library Paperback series, this work features an introduction by Tom Christopher. It includes a preface by Jamaica Kincaid, and the series editor is Michael Pollan.

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      On the Road to Tibet

      Frank Kingdon-Ward

      Frank Kingdon-Ward was a dedicated explorer of western China and Central Asia as well as being a master botanist, and this book documents his first trip in 1909 and 1910…

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