Author: MAN, JOHN
Title: Gobi: Tracking the Desert (Phoenix Giants)
Description: UK, Orion. 1998. (ISBN: 9780753801611). Paperback, brown a5 garage. Paperback in godo condition, some small creasing to cover. For 70 years, the Gobi, one of the worlds richest yet least explored wildernesses, was all but barred to outsiders by Mongolia's position as a buffer-state between Russia and China. With the collapse of communism, however, the Gobi is beginning to br revealed in all its glorious diversity. Travelling from west to east across the Gobi, John Man retraced the steps of the early explorers, livingwith herdsmen, and drawing on the most recent scientific work, This core of Central Asia's heartland is extraordinarily rich in wildlife and astonishing natural beauty. Good.

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