First published in 1992. This book invites the reader to cast the mind a hundred and fifty years back to a short span of time between 1829 and 1842. This was an exciting period when Britain? 's might, demonstrated to the world at Trafalgar and Waterloo, was fortified by leadership in steam technology and was given a new direction by the liberal philosophy that British statesmen, thinkers and poets proclaimed at home and abroad. The Euphrates expedition was an attempt by well-intentioned British governments to achieve a geopolitical end by a technological means. The objective was to halt Russian expansion in the Near East, where some observers saw a threat to Britain? 's control of India.
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John S. Guest
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Vendeur : Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Kegan Paul, 1992. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. N° de réf. du vendeur 545818
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Vendeur : Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, Royaume-Uni
1st edition. 8vo. xiv + 182pp. B/w. illustrations, maps, e.p. maps. Original grey cloth. Pictorial d/w. with green title patch to spine. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley, with her signature. ISBN 0710304293 US$13. N° de réf. du vendeur 186976
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Vendeur : BookstoYou, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Includes dust jacket. Secondhand. Clean pages. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. Signed by author with gift inscription. Very good book. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000022402
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Vendeur : West Cove UK, Wellington, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Book in 1st class condition. Pages look unused. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1992, See images for condition. [ ABOUT THE BOOK ] Euphrates Expedition Book by John S Guest | John Guest's history recounts the British Euphrates expedition, a little-known voyage undertaken in the early days of steam travel. Funded by the British government and the East India Company, the venture sought to use technology to pursue a geopolitical objective: halting Russian expansion in the Near East, which some observers considered a threat to India. It also aimed to assess whether the Euphrates could serve as a commercial route between Britain and India, as the novelist and East India Company employee Thomas Love Peacock believed, and to survey the river's navigability. | Commanded by Francis Chesney, an artillery officer turned explorer, the expedition used two iron-hulled paddle steamers. Built at Birkenhead, the vessels were shipped in sections to the Syrian coast, carried by wagon to the Euphrates, then assembled and launched. They travelled an uncharted waterway in a region where steam locomotion had not previously been seen. (LL). N° de réf. du vendeur Batch-FM812-VG-15928
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Vendeur : Apple Grove Books, Herts, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book measures 24x16cm, 182pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 001800
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Vendeur : The Bookstore, Belfast, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good tight copy in dust wrapper, ink gift inscription from the author inside, two handwritten letters from the author also loosely inserted inside. Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 016623
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Vendeur : RT Books, Witney, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. xiv, 182 pp., b/w illustrations, endpapers maps, original cloth in dust wrapper, biblio, index, copy in mint condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 1269
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Vendeur : Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. some shelfwear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur 0710304293-01
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Vendeur : SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1992. Clean & tight. NEATLY WRITTEN INSCRIPTION ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE. Flat pages. Jacket is complete. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 512.3. Euphrates Expedition. ISBN: 0710304293. N° de réf. du vendeur 036238
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Vendeur : Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Grey boards and spine, the latter lettered in silver. Undamaged jacket. Internally no faults. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur X1120
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