Dragon Hunter
Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
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Author
Contributions
- Michael J. Novacek (Foreword) - Contributor
Publication
2001-05-17 - Viking Adult
Language
English
Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedragonhunterroyc00gall
- Internet Archivedragonhunter00char
- ISBN-100670890936
- ISBN-139780670890934
- Goodreads640367
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- Library of Congress Control Number00052755
- OCLC Control Number45284688
- Better World Books9780670890934
- Open LibraryOL7643671M
Classifications
- LCCQH31.A55G36 2001
- LCCQH31.A55 G36 2001
Description
"The New York Times science editor John Noble Wilford has called it "the most celebrated fossil-hunting expedition of the twentieth century." Led by the world-renowned explorer Roy Chapman Andrews and financed by J.P. Morgan, Jr., John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Childs Frick, and a host of other Wall Street titans, the Central Asiatic Expeditions (1922-1930) comprised the most ambitious scientific venture ever launched from the United States. Under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, Andrews conducted five expeditions to the last uncharted corner of the world: the Gobi Desert of Outer and Inner Mongolia. Using automobiles supported by camel caravans, Andrews' expeditions stumbled upon unimagined scientific wonders: the Flaming Cliffs, dinosaur eggs, the first skeleton on Velociraptor (the terrifying killer of Jurassic Park fame), and a fossil treasure trove of other dinosaurs and extinct mammals.". "In Dragon Hunter, Charles Gallenkamp recounts these discoveries and the adventures that attended them. Filled with tales of Andrews and his team braving raging sandstorms and murderous bandits, enduring civil wars and political intrigue, and reveling in the fascinating world of Peking's foreign colony, Dragon Hunter also traces the religious controversy over evolution that the anti-imperialist conflicts involving China, Mongolia, and the United States that were sparked by Andrews' expeditions."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
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