Our Trip To Burmah: With Notes On That Country - Softcover

Gordon, Charles Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9745240028 ISBN 13: 9789745240025

Publisher: Orchid Press Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

The core of this work is the journal kept the Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Madras, who spent time in Burma in 1874-75. In it, Gordon records numerous observations of Burmese life and customs; as well, more than a third of the book is devoted to notes gathered from other sources on the history, peoples, government, religion, festivals, flora, fauna, geology, and climate of the country. First published in 1875, the journal includes over 30 photographs, chromo-lithographs, pen-and-ink sketches, and woodcuts.

About this title

Product Description

Our Trip to Burmah The diary of the Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Madras, who spent three weeks in Burma in 1874-75. He records observations of Burmese life and customs, with over a third of the book being devoted to notes gathered from other sources on the history, peoples, government and religion. Full description

Synopsis

The diary of the Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Madras, who spent three weeks in Burma in 1874-75. He records observations of Burmese life and customs, with over a third of the book being devoted to notes gathered from other sources on the history, peoples, government and religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchid Press Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9745240028
• ISBN 13: 9789745240025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266