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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia

by Frank G. CARPENTER (1855 - 1924)

Singapore and the Malays

Through travelogues, lifestyle descriptions and cultural notes the reader will visit China, Japan, India, Korea, parts of the Holy Land and Turkey as they were in the early 20th century. Summary by BettyB

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Listen next episodes of Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia:
Above the Clouds; or, Nature and Man in the Heart of the Himalaya Mountains , Afghanistan , Among the Indian Farmers , Arabia, or Life in the Desert , Asiatic Turkey. In Palestine and Mesopotamia , General View of India , In an Arabian Village. Mecca and Medina , In British Burma , Industrial Burma. Rice , Persia , Russia in Asia. Siberia , Russia in Asia. Transcaucasia, Turkestan and the Steppes , The Cities of India , The Native States of India. A Visit to the Rajah of Jaipur , The Religions of India. A Visit to Benares , The Stores and Trades of India , The Villages of India. Home Life , The Wild Animals of India , The Working Elephants in Burma , Tibet and the Tibetans , Travels among the Turks , With the Burmese at Home