Through the Heart of Asia 2 Volume Set
Over the Pamïr to India
Seiten
2012
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-04640-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-04640-4 (ISBN)
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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, which travelled from France via Tehran to Samarkand and, after many setbacks, eventually reached India.
The French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) received funding from the French government to lead two expeditions to Central Asia in the 1880s. This two-volume English translation by C. B. Pitman of the French original was published in 1889 and is a richly illustrated account of the second of the two Asian expeditions, in which Bonvalot and the scientist Guillaume Capus attempted to enter Afghanistan. Although the party was detained and sent back to Samarkand upon entering Afghanistan, they refused to concede defeat, as Bonvalot was determined to reach India via a trail believed to run across the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains. Volume 1 describes the journey from France to Samarkand via Tehran, and the checkpoint at the Afghan border. In Volume 2 the party reaches the remote Kingdom of Chatral, but is imprisoned again. Eventually, the British allow the expedition to enter India.
The French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) received funding from the French government to lead two expeditions to Central Asia in the 1880s. This two-volume English translation by C. B. Pitman of the French original was published in 1889 and is a richly illustrated account of the second of the two Asian expeditions, in which Bonvalot and the scientist Guillaume Capus attempted to enter Afghanistan. Although the party was detained and sent back to Samarkand upon entering Afghanistan, they refused to concede defeat, as Bonvalot was determined to reach India via a trail believed to run across the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains. Volume 1 describes the journey from France to Samarkand via Tehran, and the checkpoint at the Afghan border. In Volume 2 the party reaches the remote Kingdom of Chatral, but is imprisoned again. Eventually, the British allow the expedition to enter India.
Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 9. From the Amu to Samarcand; 10. The Pamir; 11. The Pamir continued; 12. The Pamir continued; 13. The Pamir continued; 14. Towards the Kunjut; 15. Stopped in the Tchatral; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.3.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia |
| Übersetzer | C. B. Pitman |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps; 241 Halftones, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 920 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-04640-1 / 1108046401 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-04640-4 / 9781108046404 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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