NORDEN, Hermann.

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A Wanderer in Indo-China: First edition, rare in the jacket. This account of the German-American writer's solo exploration of South East Asia was published a week before his death. Among his travels, he describes coffin-making in Hoang Su Phi, opium smugglers, and a Thai Chief's birthday party.Born in Germany, Hermann Norden (1871-1931) migrated to the US at sixteen and later amassed enough wealth to travel full-time. By 1922, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The map in this copy marks Norden's route, which passed through what is now Thailand and Vietnam.

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