A Journey to Yunnan in 1892 David; Whitfield Attenborough remains a strange magnetic north

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A Journey to Yunnan in 1892 David; Whitfield Attenborough remains a strange magnetic northThe book, originally published in 1893, is the vivid first hand account of Dr. Louis Pichons two month journey from Hanoi to southern Yunnan in spring 1892. Part travelogue, part tract, it urges development of Frances relatively new Protectorate of Tonkin. The text spans a variety of genres and takes up a number of issues of urgent concern for the colonys economic development. The improvement of transportation links with China lies at the center of