The 'Arabistan' in the title refers to Khuzestan in Eastern Persia. The author, a member of the Russian legation at Tehran, travelled from Tehran ...

Kawaguchi Ekai was a Japanese Buddhist monk and the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel in Nepal and Tibet. He gives a detailed account of R...

A very good copy of the atlas from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates.'Chardin was a Huguenot who was forced to emigra...

Scarce. Entertaining narrative of a journey across Mongolia and Siberia, mostly by sled. Hong Kong to St. Petersburg via Canton, Shanghai, Peking,...

Originally published in Calcutta. 'The author was an officer of the Bengal Establishment sent to Shiraz for an eight months assignment. An importa...

The author and his hunting companion J.V. Phelps journeyed from Srinagar to Leh, through Yarkand and into the Tekkes Valley collecting Altai Wapit...

A comprehensive work covering the geography of the Himalayas with general hints on stalking and hunting in the Himalayas. Combines the natural his...

First edition in English. Chapters by leading mountaineers G. Dainelli and J.A. Spranger are also included and provide a remarkable overview of thi...