The Silk Road
Subtitle: two thousand years in the heart of Asia
By: Frances Wood.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Trade routes -- China; Silk Road -- History; Asia, Central -- History
Description: "Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explores Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.
First published: London : Folio Society, 2002.
Maps on lining papers.