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SOMEONE once said that “The struggle between Europe and Asia is the binding thread of History; the trade between Europe and Asia is the foundation of commerce: the thought of Asia is the basis of all European religions”. With this trenchant observation in our minds, we can read “The Quest for Cathay” with even greater attention than if it were a mere story of exploration, in the annals of which it creates a brilliant and vital chapter.
The Quest for Cathay
By Brig.-General Sir Percy Sykes. Pp. xii + 280 + 17 plates. (London: A. and C. Black, Ltd., 1936.) 15s. net.
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The Quest for Cathay. Nature 138, 1036 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1381036a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1381036a0