Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia

Klappentext Captain Burnaby's 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game', when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia. Zusammenfassung An account of Captain Burnaby's remarkable 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game'! when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia. The book! published in 1876 and immediately reprinted! brought him instant fame. It features maps of the route he travelled and an appendix. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Information about Khiva; 2. Waist-belt for gold; 3. The Volga frozen; 4. Railway officials; 5. Twenty degrees below zero; 6. A hole in the ice; 7. Pins-and-needles; 8. The guardian of the forests; 9. Delayed by a snowstorm; 10. Sleigh sickness; 11. The Ural Cossacks; 12. A supply of provisions; 13. A sheepskin suit; 14. A start with the courier; 15. Nomad tribes; 16. Kashgar; 17. Break-down of the sleigh; 18. An English engineer officer at Kasala; 19. Ablutions under difficulties; 20. A priest; 21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk; 22. Camels; 23. A lazy guide; 24. The guide's retaliation; 25. Disobedience of orders; 26. The Turkoman on his donkey; 27. Villages fortified; 28. The guide's kibitka; 29. The Oozek; 30. Oogentch; 31. The messenger; 32. Breakfast in Khiva; 33. The present Khan; 34. Departure from Khiva; 35. The meet; 36. The Tarantass; 37. The district governor; 38. An inquisitive inspector; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Burnaby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108037587
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03758-7
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > Asia; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Asia / Central, Central Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Classic Travel Writing