Through the Heart of Asia: Volume 1 - Over the Pamir to India

Klappentext This 1889 publication describes a French explorer's attempts to reach India by travelling across Afghanistan, and his eventual success. Zusammenfassung French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) received funding from the French government to lead expeditions to Central Asia in the 1880s. This 1889 work is an account of the second Asian expedition. In Volume 1 the expedition is detained upon entering Afghanistan, and sent back to Samarkand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. From Marseilles to Tiflis; 2. From Tiflis to Reshd; 3. From Reshd to Teheran; 4. From Teheran to Bostan; 5. From Bostan to Meshed; 6. From Meshed to Samarcand; 7. From Samarcand to Amu; 8. Among the Afghans.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gabriel Bonvalot, Bonvalot Gabriel
• Con la collaborazione di: C. B. Pitman (Traduzione), Pitman C. B. (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781108046381
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04638-1
• Pagine: 308
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance