River Road to China: The Search for the Sources of the Mekong, 1866-73

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Remarks on Condition : Condition: Good with light tanning, Dust Jacket: fair with general shelfwear with some tears along the spines and edges., Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting

This is a book by Milton Osborne, a world-renowned Southeast Asia expert, that tells the story of the historic expedition of six Frenchmen who set out to find a trade route up the Mekong River in 1866. The book describes their journey through more than four thousand miles of unmapped territory, from the tropical swamps of Vietnam and Cambodia to the mountain ranges of southwestern China. The book was first published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd in London in 1975 and has 249 pages.