Word: tian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cherrie is to be the advance agent, preparing arrangements there before the Roosevelts arrive. In early May or June, as soon as the snow melts from the passes of the Himalayas, the party will cross and continue its explorations on the plateau of Pamir and beyond toward the Tian Shan Mountains...
...descriptions brought back by Marco Polo several centuries ago furnished the first account of that strange land. The animals sought are the Ovis Poli, or great sheep described by Polo, the yarklandstag, the ibex of Tian Shan, the goitered gazelle, the long-haired tiger, and the markhor (large goat...