Captain Burnaby's 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game', when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Frederick Burnaby was a British army officer, who travelled across Europe and Central Asia, mastered the art of ballooning, spoke a number of foreign languages fluently, stood for parliament twice, published several books, and helped launch the satirical magazine Vanity Fair. He died fighting in the Sudan in 1885.
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Preface Introduction 1. Information about Khiva 2. Waist-belt for gold 3. The Volga frozen 4. Railway officials 5. Twenty degrees below zero 6. A hole in the ice 7. Pins-and-needles 8. The guardian of the forests 9. Delayed by a snowstorm 10. Sleigh sickness 11. The Ural Cossacks 12. A supply of provisions 13. A sheepskin suit 14. A start with the courier 15. Nomad tribes 16. Kashgar 17. Break-down of the sleigh 18. An English engineer officer at Kasala 19. Ablutions under difficulties 20. A priest 21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk 22. Camels 23. A lazy guide 24. The guide's retaliation 25. Disobedience of orders 26. The Turkoman on his donkey 27. Villages fortified 28. The guide's kibitka 29. The Oozek 30. Oogentch 31. The messenger 32. Breakfast in Khiva 33. The present Khan 34. Departure from Khiva 35. The meet 36. The Tarantass 37. The district governor 38. An inquisitive inspector Appendices.
Preface Introduction 1. Information about Khiva 2. Waist-belt for gold 3. The Volga frozen 4. Railway officials 5. Twenty degrees below zero 6. A hole in the ice 7. Pins-and-needles 8. The guardian of the forests 9. Delayed by a snowstorm 10. Sleigh sickness 11. The Ural Cossacks 12. A supply of provisions 13. A sheepskin suit 14. A start with the courier 15. Nomad tribes 16. Kashgar 17. Break-down of the sleigh 18. An English engineer officer at Kasala 19. Ablutions under difficulties 20. A priest 21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk 22. Camels 23. A lazy guide 24. The guide's retaliation 25. Disobedience of orders 26. The Turkoman on his donkey 27. Villages fortified 28. The guide's kibitka 29. The Oozek 30. Oogentch 31. The messenger 32. Breakfast in Khiva 33. The present Khan 34. Departure from Khiva 35. The meet 36. The Tarantass 37. The district governor 38. An inquisitive inspector Appendices.
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