Travels into Bokhara
Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
809 kr
Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.
Finns i fler format (10)
Aged sixteen, Alexander Burnes (1805-41) took up a post in the Bombay army, and speedily learned both Hindustani and Persian. His skills led him to political work, and he himself proposed a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country, but also to observe the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. In 1832, he set off, with an army doctor, and two Indians as surveyor and secretary. They travelled in local dress and adopted whatever personas a situation required. Having reached Bukhara, they continued overland to the Caspian Sea, and then to Tehran, returning to Bombay by sea in 1833. This three-volume account of his adventures, published in 1834, was an instant bestseller. Volume 3 is an account of Burnes' earlier diplomatic mission up the Indus to Lahore in 1831. He continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2014-07-31
- Mått140 x 216 x 21 mm
- Vikt460 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
- Antal sidor364
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781108075480
Tillhör följande kategorier
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma författare
Voyages De L'embouchure De L'indus À Lahor, Caboul, Balkh Et À Boukhara
Alexander Burnes
Inbunden, 2023
579 kr
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma serie
An Inquiry, whether Crime and Misery are Produced or Prevented, by our Present System of Prison Discipline
Thomas Fowell Buxton
Häftad, 2009
549 kr
A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill
Caroline Sheridan Norton
Häftad, 2010
569 kr