Hartmut Walravens

Joseph Franz Rock Briefwechsel Mit E. H. Walker 1938-1961 (Beitrage Zur Kultur- Und Geistesgeschichte Asiens) (German Edition) Hartmut Walravens German edition

Rock (1884-1962) , originally from Vienna, made his name as an explorer of the flora of his new home, the Hawaiian Islands. After WWI American institutions sent him an a botanical explorer to South China and the Tibetan border are. The trips resulted in comprehensive botanical collections as well as pioneer works on the non-Chinese Naxi tribe, with its own pictographic script and rituals based on the old Bon religion of Tibet. The present volume of correspondence with the American taxonomist E. H. Walker provides a vivid impression of Rock's works and work methods. Walker was his contact to the scholarly world, information resource, bibliographer and helpful colleague. With indices. The editor, trained as a sinologist and bibliographer works as a director at the Berlin State Library and professor at the Free University of Berlin. He is author of two earlier monographs on Rock.