History has not been kind to Himalaya. Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to absorb what it prefers not to call Tibet. Hunters have decimated its wildlife and mountaineers have bagged its peaks. Today, machinery gouges minerals out of its rock. Roughly the size of Europe, the region is one of the most seismically active on the planet. Summers bring avalanches, rainfall triggers landslides and winters obliter Himalaya - John Keay od authora John Keay a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
John Keay |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
432 |
| Rok vydání |
2023 |
| Nakladatelství |
Bloomsbury |
