Through the heart of Asia : over the Pamir to India / by Gabriel Bonvalot; tr. from the French by C.B. Pitman.
TITLE:
Through the heart of Asia : over the Pamir to India / by Gabriel Bonvalot; tr. from the French by C.B. Pitman.
Publication Date:
1889
Publication Information:
London : Chapman & Hall, ltd.,
Physical Description:
2 v. ill.
Geographic Term:
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
[n/a]
