Translated by Walter E J Tips (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 232 Pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 458 p. Travels in Laos and among the Tribes of Southeast Indochina is the sixth part of The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers (1879-1895). It provides an overview of exploration work done in parts of Central Laos and on the borders of Laos with Cambodia and Vietnam, parts of French Indochina. The various itineraries in Laos cover the search for passages between the Mekong and the Vietnamese coast, the country of the Puan people and territories inhabited by tribes which were either under Vietnam's or Siam's suzerainty or called themselves independent. The book also documents lifestyles and customs of various Moi, Bahnar, Djiarai, Sedang and other primitive tribes. Some of these forgotten ethnic groups had already been visited by French Catholic missionaries who contributed valuable ethnic data to the reports of the Pavie Mission. The explorations were often politically motivated and resulted in French occupation of territories belonging to the primitive tribes of southern! Laos and Vietnam. Volume 2 of this series, Atlas of the Pavie Mission, contains a score of maps accompanying these explorations of then unexplored territory. (Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1900).…

Paperback. viii, 217p., including 5 fold-out maps, french-fold wraps, profusely illus., sticker shadows on front wrap and spine, old price sticker on rear wrap, previous owner's rubberstamp on half-title, else very good condition. Vol. 3 only. This volume covers the journey up the Mekong and its tributary valleys and through parts of China.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. With notes, plus 55 maps. Text printed in double column. Large format volume. Unobtrusive faint staining with mild ripple to upper corner of early pages, former owner's tiny ink name to upper corner of title page, otherwise a nice clean tight copy. viii + 339pp. Uncommon. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. This book provides an overview of exploration work done in parts of Central Laos and on the borders of Laos with Cambodia and Vietnam, parts of French Indochina. The various itineraries in Laos cover the search for passages between the Mekong and the Vietnamese coast, the country of the Puan people and territories inhabited by tribes which were either under Vietnam s or Siam s sovereignty or called themselves independent. The book also documents lifestyles and customs of various Moi, Bahnar, Djiarai, Sedang, and other primitive tribes. Some of these forgotten ethnic groups had already been visited by French Catholic missionaries who contributed valuable ethnic data to the reports of the Pavie Mission.…