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Soft cover. Etat : Fine. First Thus. 337 Pages Illus.

Paperback. Etat : New. no dj. Written by two untiring French army explorers this volume provides an overview of exploration work done in the Central parts of Laos and Vietnam. The various itineraries cover the area between Luang Prabang and Bassac on the Mekong and Vinh and Hué on the Vietnamese coast. The maps produced by these professional topographers comprise important river valleys, the country of the Puan and the settlement areas of various primitive so-called Kha tribes of the plateaus and mountains covering the narrow strip of land between Siam (Thailand) and French Indochina. The explorations were carried out in the framework of the Mission Pavie and politically motivated. Together with a series of maps and itineraries published in Volume 2 of the series, Atlas of the Pavie Mission, that guide the reader through these still relatively remote areas, period photographs provide images of tribes long gone and primitive virgin landscapes thoroughly changed by development. Book.…

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tapa blanda. Etat : 2ª Mano - Bueno. 2ª Mano. White Lotus. 2000. 4. The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers 1879-1895. Algo sobado. Ilustrado B/N. Libro.

Hardcover. French language text. Marbled boards. Brown leather spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spines. Decorative interior covers and end pages. illustrations, maps (some color). Work published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Colonies and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts. All text is in French, below are English translations of what is present. Contents: 1. Statement of the work of the mission : introduction, first and second periods, 1879 to 1889 / by Auguste Pavie . 1901 - 2. Statement of the work of the mission : third and fourth periods, 1889 to 1895 / by Auguste Pavie .1900 - 3. Geography and Travels in Laos and Among the Savages of Southeastern Indo China/ by Captain Cupet. 1900 - 4. Travels in the center of Annam and Laos and in the wild regions of eastern Indo-China / by Captain de Malglaive and by Captain Rivière; introductions by Auguste Pavie. 1902 - 5. Travels in upper Laos and on the borders of China and Burma / by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis; introduction by Auguste Pavie . 1902 - 6. Passage of the Mekong to Tonkin (1887 and 1888) / by Auguste Pavie . 1911 - 7. March Journal (1888-1889). Events of Siam (1891-1893) / by Auguste Pavie . 1919 - 8. Atlas/ by Auguste Pavie. 1903 - 9. Miscellaneous Studies, Part III, research on the natural history of Eastern Indo-China by Auguste Pavie. Good: All covers have general wear, corner/edge damage. Spines have leather peeling. Bookblocks have age toning, staining. Interior pages have age toning.…