A Testament to the Great Spirit and Success of a Remarkable Woman Explorer In the early 1920s, the last great age of world explorers, a remarkable young woman, Janet Elliott Wulsin, set out with her husband, Frederick Wulsin, for the far reaches of China, Tibet, and Outer Mongolia to study the people, flora, and fauna of the region. Janet's strenuous, eventful exploration is detailed by a text enriched with excerpts from her candid personal letters. The journey proved to be a test of the Wulsins' endurance and of their ...
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A Testament to the Great Spirit and Success of a Remarkable Woman Explorer In the early 1920s, the last great age of world explorers, a remarkable young woman, Janet Elliott Wulsin, set out with her husband, Frederick Wulsin, for the far reaches of China, Tibet, and Outer Mongolia to study the people, flora, and fauna of the region. Janet's strenuous, eventful exploration is detailed by a text enriched with excerpts from her candid personal letters. The journey proved to be a test of the Wulsins' endurance and of their relationship. While in Asia, the Wulsins took many extraordinary photographs, which form the heart of this richly produced publication. They documented tribespeople and sublime desert landscapes, and, perhaps most remarkably, were allowed to photograph the interior of several of the great Tibetan Buddhist lamaseries, many of which have since been destroyed. Several dozen rare, hand-painted lantern slides survived and are reproduced here in splendid color. The photographs from the Wulsin expedition are now in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, in collaboration with which this volume is being produced.
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VG (previous owner's insctiption on inside front cover, minimal shelf wear, all pages clear and intact) Black pictorial wraps with gold and red lettering, 190 pp., bw illustrations throughout, a few in color. "In the early 1920s, the last great age of the world explorers, a remarkable young woman, Janet Elliott Wulsin, set out with her husband, Frederick Wulsin, for the far reaches of Tibet, China, and Mongolia to study the people, flora, and fauna of the region. Janet's strenuous, eventful exploration is detailed by a text enriched with vivid observations from her candid personal letters. The journey proved to be a test of the Wulsins' endurance and of their relationship...While in Asia, Janet and Frederick Wulsin took many extraordinary photographs, which form the heart of this richly-produced publication. They documented medieval walled cities, Mongol caravans, remote villages in Kansu, elaborate Buddhist rituals, and, perhaps most remarkably, were allowed to photograph the interiors of several of the great Tibetan lamaseries-including Kumbum, Labrang, and Choni-many of which have since been destroyed. Several rare, hand-painted lantern slides are reproduced here in splendid color. Vanished Kingdoms also draws heavily upon the rich archives of personal writings by Janet and the other members of the expedition. Photographic records of the worlds the Wulsins explored are rare, and this book offers a perspective on an expedition, a time, and a place that continues to command our interest and attention."-inside cover description.
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