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VISSER, Philips Christiaan. - Naar onbekend Midden-Azië tussen Kara-Korum en Hindu-Kush.

Title: Naar onbekend Midden-Azië tussen Kara-Korum en Hindu-Kush.
Description: Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1926.Original pictorial cloth gilt (spine slightly discoloured). With 6 maps and 60 photographic illustrations. 253 pp.First edition. - Narrative of the second Dutch expedition to the Karakoram in 1925; Srinagar, Dorikum La, Gilgit, Hunza, and exploration in the Hispar, Batura, and Shimshal glaciers. Jenny Visser-Hooft (1888-1939) accompanied her husband on four Karakoram expeditions in the years 1922-35. Philips Christiaan Visser (1882-1955) was a distinguished Dutch diplomat and mountain explorer.Neate V19; Robinson, Wayward women, p.151; Yakushi V47.

Keywords: Asia Dutch travel India Tibet

Price: EUR 49.50 = appr. US$ 53.80 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 32730