Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia: A Ride to Khiva (Paperback)

from IFREF

Very intriguing to read travel writing from the 19th century. The adventure of it was enticing! Dry British humor, too...

from starbox

"Having resolved to go to Central Asia, the next question was how to execute my intention..." By sally tarbox on 30 August 2017 Format: Kindle Edition In 1875, when British army captain Fred Burnaby was told that Russia had banned the English from travelling in 'Russian Asia', he determined to re...

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Very intriguing to read travel writing from the 19th century. The adventure of it was enticing! Dry British humor, too...

from br77rino

A nonfiction travelogue. A British soldier of the very adventurous type decides to spend his winter vacation traveling through Russia towards Afghanistan, around the time of the U.S. Civil war, when this part of Russia was very much like the Old West, but deathly cold as well. He hires guides and...