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Gobi Desert
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Six books by four travelers mention Gobi Desert between 1870 and 1943. Here is what each of them saw, in the order they were there.
- 1870–1882
Among the Mongols
The 'great plain destitute of water' that Gilmour crossed by camel between Kalgan and Urga; much of the book's tent life, night watches, and caravan travel happens on it.
…that horses alone were to be used, but no rain had fallen in Gobi, and it was pleaded that, not having foreseen this, it was impossible without suffering…Listen from here · chapter 6, 19:01…One morning, when we must have been in Gobi or near it, we found ourselves in a land that seemed enchanted.…Listen from here · chapter 6, 26:25 - 1884–1943
Under a Lucky StarRoy Chapman Andrews
The great desert of southern Mongolia and northern China — a waterless gravel plain that proved a fossil treasure-house. Its red beds drew the Central Asiatic Expeditions and made Andrews' name.
…firms asked how they could get cars to various points in the Gobi to bring out valuable furs, contract for hides, camels, and sheep's wool and ponies; what…Listen from here · chapter 20, 5:22…of this weird past world lie the silent, wind swept dunes of the Gobi Desert, parched and blistering under the summer's sun; in the winter an area of Arctic…Listen from here · chapter 21, 12:48 - 1893–1929
Larson, Duke of Mongolia
The vast desert and arid steppe between Mongolia and China. "Gobi" is itself the Mongolian word for such a waterless, gravelly plain.
The middle of Mongolia, comprising that stretch which is known as the Gobi Desert, has for the greater part of the year such a scarcity of food that only those…Listen from here · chapter 6, 12:37…Dayan, who were monarchs of the states of the plateau south of the Gobi, joined with the Tartar clans of Manchuria, under the leadership of a prince called…Listen from here · chapter 8, 27:55 - 1919–1920
Across Mongolian PlainsRoy Chapman Andrews
The vast desert and arid steppe spanning southern Mongolia and northern China. "Gobi" is itself the Mongolian word for this kind of waterless, gravelly plain.
…plains which merged gradually into the sandy wastes of the western Gobi where herds of wild horses (_Equus prjevalski_) and wild asses (_Equus hemionus_) could…Listen from here · chapter 9, 5:34…hand, is most abundant in the grasslands both north and south of the Gobi, but nevertheless has a continuous distribution across the plateau between Kalgan and…Listen from here · chapter 11, 17:50 - 1920–1921
Beasts, Men and Gods
The waterless gravel plain across southern Mongolia, entered in the western marches on the abortive ride toward Tibet. 'Gobi' is the Mongolian word for such a desert.
…in the southern part of the Principality of Jassaktu Khan, enter the Gobi in the western part of Inner Mongolia, strike as rapidly as possible through sixty miles…Listen from here · chapter 16, 7:05…through the western part of Inner Mongolia, through the Little Gobi, through the lands of the Torguts, over the Khara Mountains, across Kansu, where our road…Listen from here · chapter 16, 8:37 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
The vast desert and arid steppe spanning southern Mongolia and northern China — the expedition's great fossil field. 'Gobi' is itself the Mongolian word for this kind of waterless, gravelly plain.
…it was announced that we intended to explore the central and western Gobi Desert with five cars, two of them one-ton trucks, and had planned a three thousand mile…Listen from here · chapter 3, 9:10…stories of the dangers and hardships that we would encounter in the Gobi Desert and when I said that we did not expect to have either they seemed to think that it…Listen from here · chapter 3, 23:03
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