Travels into Bokhara - Alexander Burnes

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
Buch | Softcover
388 Seiten
2014
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-07546-6 (ISBN)
43,60 inkl. MwSt
In 1832, soldier and diplomat Alexander Burnes (1805–41) embarked on a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country and observe the activities of the Russians in central Asia. This bestselling account was published in 1834. Volume 1 describes the journey to Bukhara, through Afghanistan into barely explored territory.
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 1 describes the journey to Bukhara, through Afghanistan into barely explored territory. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841.

Preface; 1. Lahore; 2. Across the Punjab to the Indus; 3. Peshawur; 4. Journey to Cabool; 5. Cabool; 6. Journey over the Hindoo Koosh, or Snowy Mountains; 7. Serious difficulties; 8. Balkh, and journey to Bokhara; 9. Bokhara; 10. Bokhara (cont.); 11. Detention in the kingdom of Bokhara.

Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century ; Volume 1
Zusatzinfo 2 Plates, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 490 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Asien
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-108-07546-0 / 1108075460
ISBN-13 978-1-108-07546-6 / 9781108075466
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