Author: Vaisseau Hourst, Lt de.
Title: DANS LE RAPIDES du Fleuve Bleu. Voyage de la Première Canonnière Française Sur le Haut Yang-Tse-Kiang. Préface de M. Jules Lemaitre.
Description: Librarie Plon, 1904. 1st Ed. [vi] + [iii] + 369pp. Rubric t.p., 37 plates, ills., folding map. French text. Some light browning, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. ¶ Émile Auguste Léon Hourst (1864-1940). In 1901, he was sent to China to study the possibilities of navigating the Yang-tse-kiang after Yichang . Seconde Mission Hourst

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; CHINA, JAPAN AND FAR EAST


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