Journey to the North of India - Overland From England, Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun

Klappentext Published 1834, this two-volume work sheds light on the Great Game, as Britain and Russia sought supremacy in Central Asia. Zusammenfassung Published in 1834, as Britain and Russia sought supremacy in Central Asia, this two-volume work sheds light on the Great Game, a coinage credited to British officer Arthur Conolly (1807–42). He describes here the various Asiatic tribes he encountered, as well as the many dangers he had to avoid. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. St Petersburgh; 2. Journey recommenced; 3. Assumed character; 4. Tribes of the desert; 5. A present to our hostess; 6. Peerwullee; 7. Departure of Peerwullee; 8. Suspicious guide; 9. Pilfering of our baggage; 10. Departure from Astrabad; 11. Road to Meyer; 12. Meshed the Holy; 13. Interior of the sanctuary; 14. Khaff; 15. Visit from the Meerza Abdool Jowaut; 16. Hatred of the sects of the Sheahs and Soonnees; 17. Difficulty of obtaining money; 18. Departure from Meshed with the Affghaun army; 19. Rosanuck.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Arthur Conolly, Conolly Arthur
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108069229
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06922-9
• Seiten: 440
• Serien: Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History; Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History; Journey to the North of India 2 Volume Set
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Europe, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Asia, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, TRAVEL / Europe / General, TRAVEL / Asia / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Asian History, Classic Travel Writing