Description: Hardcover. Reprint. WITH MAP. Has some moisture wrinkles from storage that does not affect the reading of book.The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Hunza, 1884-94.In 1882, Francis Younghusband was commissioned into the First King's Dragoon Guards who were then stationed in India. Younghusband soon launched into his career of exploration with two brief sorties into the Himalayas. The Heart of a Continent, first published in 1896, tells of Younghusband's journey through Manchuria and along the Silk Road into Chinese Turkistan. The narrative allows the archair traveller a vicarious enjoyment of the excitement, the hardships, and the achievements of the Great Game being played at the time in Central Asia by Russia and Great Britain.
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Book Title: Heart of a Continent
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Apex Publications
Edition: Reprint
Publication Year: 1993
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Author: Francis Edward Younghusband
Features: Map Intact
Genre: Travel
Topic: Asia / Central, Asia / China
Number of Pages: 332 Pages
