Gobi : tracking the desert / John Man.

By:

Man, John, 1941-

Publication details: London : Phoenix Giant, 1998.Description: 212 p. ill. (some col.), plates ; 23 cmISBN:

9780753801611 : (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 915.17

Subject: "For centuries, 'Gobi' has been by-word for desolation and remoteness. But now, 70 years of Communist isolation, Mongolia's desert borderland emerges as a place of austere beauty and surprising diversity. For this, the first portrait of the Gobi, John Man travelled from the Altai mountains in the west to the eastern plains. In this vast and seemingly empty land, he found a wealth of wildlife and human activity." - see back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Loanable Book	Library	General Collection	915.17 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000444832

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"For centuries, 'Gobi' has been by-word for desolation and remoteness. But now, 70 years of Communist isolation, Mongolia's desert borderland emerges as a place of austere beauty and surprising diversity. For this, the first portrait of the Gobi, John Man travelled from the Altai mountains in the west to the eastern plains. In this vast and seemingly empty land, he found a wealth of wildlife and human activity." - see back cover.

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