The Land Of The White Elephant: Travels, Adventures, And Discoveries In Burma, S Vincent, Frank.

New York 1874, Harper. Brown decorated cloth, very good, 316 p., 33p. of plates, 23 text engravings, 2 maps, 1 colored, double page plan hand colored, usual wear to edges,head/tail of spine, else clean & solid. * * FIRST AMERICAN EDITION * . *** **** *** . . AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . . . BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUT ENGRAVINGS . * Original early primary source, covering in much detail the peoples & countries of South-East Asia and Indo-China. With full coverage of the cultures, Rangoon, manners, customs, up the Irrawaddy, characteristics, Paghan & the old capitals of Ava, petroleum wells &c. . * Also covers Mandalay, city walls, streets, palaces, audience with the King of Ava. The white elephant, bazaars, barter, market, King's barge, Bhamo and the old trade route, mineral and vegetal resources, Shan emigrants, Laos tribes, English cantonment at Thayetmyo. Overland trip to Bangkok, Malacca and Singapore, descriptions of the area, Pechabri excursion, to Angkor and the great temple, Cambodian marriage festival. Siamrap to Panompin, the capital, audience with the King of Cambodia, on to Saigon. The great Mekong River, French justice, Chalen, the river, morals, language, value of Cochin-China and Songkoi, &c. . *** ALTERNATE TITLE: The work was issued in a slightly variant title in the First Edition by Harper: THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT: Sights and Scenes in south-Eastern Asia. A Personal Narrative of Travel and Adventure in Farther India, Embracing the Countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China [1871-2]. The contents remains the same as the other title. . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: There are 34 full page woodcut engravings with tissue guards, and 23 text wood engravings. . *** MAPS: There are three engraved maps, all double-page, one in hand-color. . *** Frank Vincent [1848-1916] was one of the most famous travel writers of the 19th century; between 1869 & 1886 he traveled the world over telling of his 1871-72 trip to Southeast Asia with a focus on Burma, Siam, Cambodia & Laos. . * An early and valuable primary resource. . *** New York 1874 is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . H. Cordier: INDOSINICA 421 . *