Project Gutenberg 2022-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 129 Dautremer, Joseph 1860 1946 14009307 La grande artère de la Chine: le Yangtseu $aFrance :$bE. Guilmoto,$c1911. Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze, Gallica and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "La grande artère de la Chine: le Yangtseu" by Joseph Dautremer is a comprehensive geographical and cultural account written in the late 19th century. This work details the Yangtze River and its significance, exploring its extensive basin while offering insights into the various regions it traverses along with their commerce, climate, and the character of their inhabitants. Dautremer, as the author and a consul, provides unique observations that blend personal experience with scholarly research. The opening of the book begins by introducing the Yangtze River (Yang-Tseu-Kiang), heralded as the most important waterway in China. Dautremer describes its source, navigation systems, and the provinces it nourishes, creating a detailed portrait of the river's geography. He discusses the river's navigability, the various tributaries, and the risks associated with traversing the upper stretches of the Yangtze. Furthermore, the narrative touches on the economic and agricultural characteristics of the provinces flanking the river, emphasizing their reliance on rice cultivation and the intricate relationship between the river and local communities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/lagrandeartred00dautuoft 20201110112641dautremer 1911 FR Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr China -- Description and travel China -- Social life and customs China -- Commerce Yangtze River (China) DS Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other Category: Environmental Issues 557847 2025-06-26T11:43:29.483050 text/html 536576 2024-10-18T18:12:59 text/html 874775 2025-06-26T11:43:36.507040 application/epub+zip 871479 2025-06-26T11:43:30.894017 application/epub+zip 277612 2025-06-26T11:43:30.158992 application/epub+zip 1004825 2025-06-26T11:43:40.636054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 965450 2025-06-26T11:43:35.645979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372596 2022-09-30T07:48:36.487774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516136 2025-06-26T11:43:28.885043 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 496080 2024-10-18T18:12:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17603 2025-06-26T11:43:40.772947 application/rdf+xml 11346 2025-06-26T11:43:30.269009 image/jpeg 2199 2025-06-26T11:43:30.213985 image/jpeg 766907 2025-06-26T11:43:29.549050 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia