THE PAMIRS: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on Foot Th

DUNMORE, Earl of. [Charles Adolphus Murray].

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London 1893, Murray. Grey cloth, 2 vol. set, covers faded, contents vol.1 clean; vol. 2 clean, some foxing, 360+340p., 4 fold-out maps, 39 illustrations, glossary, a solid copy, 13 x 21 cm. SCARCE FIRST EDITION Beginning with the arrival at Karachi, through Lahore, the Khyber pass, Kashmir, western Tibet, the Kardong pass, the Sanju route, Kostagh, Yarkland, the Black pass, &c. A wonderful, detailed account, excellent historical reference source. * Chinese passports, Tsungli & Capt. Younghusband's trek. Start for Central Asia, Western Tibet, Buddhists, Nirvana, Heymis Monastery, Panamik, Shyok River, Karakoram Pass, Ice Mountains, Grim Pass, loss of two animals over precipice. Difficult crossings, arrival at Yarkand, Kashmir slaves, departure for the Pamirs. Kashgar history, Alichur Pamir, detention at Bulun-kul, Alai Mts., on to Tashkent, freezing of horses, Russian Turkestan, Ferghana Syr Daria and Samarkand. * A great primary source, exciting, superb reading of a major expedition to one of the most inaccessible places on the earth at that time. * COLLATION: Volume 1: Frontis Lord Dunmore in the Kirghiz dress, map of the Pamirs. . Volume 2: 3 folding color maps: frontis map of Tartary, Lord Dunmore's Expedition from Rawal Pindi to Samarkand 1892-1893, Chinese Official Map of the Pamirs and Adjacent Countries; 39 b.w. photos, table. * CONDITION: The set is overall in very good condition. Volume 1 has a bit of a dull spine, with a blind stamp on upper right corner of title page: "Presented by Mr. Murray" the publisher. Volume 2 has some mild foxing throughout. The spines as usual are a bit darkened, the front and back covers are bright. Otherwise this is a complete set as issued. * The ODNB identifies "Charles Adolphus Murray, seventh Earl of Dunmore [1841-1907], was also known as Viscount Fincastle, was as an early traveler. Dunmore traveled in many parts of the world, including Africa and the Arctic, but his principal journey was made in 1892 through Kashmir, western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and Russian central Asia. He started from Rawalpindi in April 1892, reached Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan in December 1892, and continued west through Ferghana and Transcaspia, reaching Samarkand in January 1893. He had ridden and walked some 2500 miles, traversing forty-one mountain passes and sixty-nine rivers." Quoted from and enhanced from the ODNB. This cataloguer will follow the custom of recognizing the author's signed name on the title page rather than using his real name Murray. * BIBLIOGRAPHY: Yakushi D-181 *. N° de réf. du vendeur 95822904

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