Citations:Tsaidam

English citations of Tsaidam

• 1904, Graham Sandberg, The Exploration of Tibet: Its History and Particulars from 1623 to 1904‎^[1], Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.; W. Thacker & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 202:

  Journeying by way of Kökö Nor, he penetrated Tsaidam, staying at several important monasteries there, and trying to amass supplies for his raid to Lhása. Indeed by April 1889, in spite of opposition from his Mongol acquaintance in Tsaidam, he was well over the bounding ranges and some distance on the road to the capital of Tibet.

• 1937, Ella K. Maillart, Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir‎^[2], William Heinemann Ltd, →OCLC, page 134:

  The poor fellow suffered from heart trouble and the high altitude of the Tsaidam made it unsuitable for him. He wanted to move to Tientsin, which is a kind of metropolis for all the men of Central Asia.

• 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic‎^[3], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268:

  To insure transportation for the prospecting teams, two new highways were laid. One, about 540 miles long, traverses the northern edge of the Tsaidam from east to west. It links Kansen on the Tsinghai-Sinkiang road with Chaka on the Tsinghai-Tibet road west of lake Koko Nor. The other road traverses the basin from north to south, linking Tunhwang (Kansu Province) via Mahai with Golmo, road center on the southern edge of the Tsaidam.