The Pemberley Bookshop

Why not come and peruse our comprehensive range of natural history titles at our well stocked bookshop, where you can also receive our expert advice. Click here for details of our shop.

The Country of the Turkomans: An Anthology of Exploration from the Royal Geographical Society

by Royal Geographical Society

Publisher : Orguz Press
Illustrations : 72 b/w illus, 7 maps (1 folding)

Description:

An anthology of travellers' tales and essays from the records of the Royal Geographical Society, is centred on a small area of Central Asia, a region of desert, mountains and rivers. From Colonel Jackson's brilliant essay on the literature of travel to the humour of O'Donovan, pioneer and war correspondent; from Arminius Vambery, the most adventurous philologist in history to Kazi Syud Ahmad, Napier's Turkoman guide, each author brings his own flavour to this book.