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A Ride to Khiva recounts Captain Burnaby's mission in 1875 to investigate the motives behind Russia's exclusion of foreigners from Central Asia. Forced to travel in winter, he journeyed through blizzards and snowdrifts to reach the mysterious caravan city of Khiva.
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- ÉditeurBhavan Books & Prints
- Date d'édition2004
- ISBN 10 8186505059
- ISBN 13 9788186505052
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages508
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Travels and Adventures in Central Asia : A Ride to Khiva
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Bhavana Books & Prints, New Delhi, 1996
ISBN 10 : 8186505059
ISBN 13 : 9788186505052
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : good. Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo. illustrated paper boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 487 pp, dj creased and worn at the edges, sticker on its front flap, endpapers and some pages wrinkled, maps glued on half title page and verso of last page Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. N° de réf. du vendeur 97083
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Travels and Adventures in Central Asia : A Ride to Khiva
Edité par
Bhavana Books, 2001
ISBN 10 : 8186505059
ISBN 13 : 9788186505052
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Inde
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Contents : Introduction. I. Information about Khiva. II. Waist-belt for gold. III. The Volga frozen. IV. Railway officials. V. Twenty degrees below zero. VI. A hole in the ice. VII. Pins-and-needles. VIII. The guardian of the forests. IX. Delayed by a snowstorm. X. Seligh sickness. XI. The ural Cossacks. XII. A supply of provisions. XIII. A sheepskin suit.XIV. A start with the courier. XV. Nomad tribes. XVI. Kashgar. XVII. Break-down of the sleigh. XVIII. An English engineer officer at Kasala. XIX. Ablutions under difficulties. XX. A priest. XXI. Water route from Kasala to petro-Alexandrovsk. XXII. Camels. XXIII. A lazy guide. XXIV. The guide's retaliation. XXV. Disobedience of orders. XXVI. The turkoman on his donkey. XXVII. Villages fortified. XXVIII. The guide's Kibitka. XXIX. The oozek. XXX. Oogentch. XXXI. The messenger. XXXII. Breakfast Khiva. XXXIII. The present khan. XXXIV. Departure from Khiva. XXXV. The meet. XXXVI. The tarantass. XXXVII. The district governor. XXXVIII. An inquisitive inspector. Appendices : 1. The Russian advance eastward. 2. Report of Mr. Schuyler. 3. Russian immortality in Central Asia. 4. Treaty of peace between Russia and Khiva. 5. The promise not to annex Khivan territory. 6. Treaty concluded between general kauffmann and Seid Muzafer, Ameer of Bokhara. 7. An Afghan prince on the importance of Merve. 8. Budget of the Turkistan government. 9. Russian operations against the Yomud Turkomans. 10. Movements of Russian troops on the Oxus. 11. Showing how easily merve might to taken by the Russians. 12. A Russians officer on 487 pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 38038
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