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Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo / / Basil Hall ; [selected and edited with a biographical introduction by H. G. Rawlinson]



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Autore: Hall Basil <1788-1844., > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo / / Basil Hall ; [selected and edited with a biographical introduction by H. G. Rawlinson] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina: 915.4
Soggetto geografico: India Description and travel
Sri Lanka Description and travel
Altri autori: RawlinsonH. G <1880-> (Hugh George)  
Note generali: First published in 1931.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter I Bombay; Chapter II Sir Samuel Hood and the Alligator Hunt; Chapter III Picnic Party in the Cave of Elephanta; Chapter IV Excursion to Candelay Lake in Ceylon; Chapter V Griffins in India-Sinbad's Valley of Diamonds-A Mosquito Hunt; Chapter VI Ceylonese Canoes-Peruvian Balsas-The Floating Windlass of the Coromandel Fishermen; Chapter VII The Surf at Madras; Chapter VIII The Sunnyasses
Chapter IX Palankeen Travelling-Irrigating Tanks in the Mysore CountryChapter X The Dessera Festival at Mysore; Chapter XI Granite Mountain Cut Into a Statue-Bamboo Forest-Rajah of Coorg; Chapter XII Visit to the Sultan of Pontiana, in Borneo-Sir Samuel Hood; Index
Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1931.'Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him.' Times Literary SupplementBasil Hall's Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. Miscellaneous in their topics, and arranged without any order the volumes re-issued here have been selected for their clarity and interest, both geographical and historical.Few books give a more graphic picture of the Royal Navy a century ago and Hall's volumes are full of nautical information. Hall was also an indefatigable traveller and a keen observer
Titolo autorizzato: Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-28479-9
1-134-28480-2
1-280-24369-4
9786610243693
0-203-34047-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810065103321
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