Passage to China : a photographic celebration of the Silk Road /

With a distance of approximately four thousand miles by land between China and ancient Rome, filled with foreboding deserts and fierce mountains, travelling between the two regions was a treacherous and often life-threatening trip. China's Silk Road was instrumental in opening up a world that h...

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Main Author: Gershman, Liza (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2017]
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