Author: Vámbéry, Arminius.
Title: TRAVELS IN CENTRAL ASIA. Being the Account of a Journey From Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara and Samarcand. Performed in the Year 1863.
Description: John Murray, 1864. 1st Ed. xviii + 429pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue (dated March 1863). 12 plates, folding map in rear pocket (with fold. splits). Some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary calf, boards with gilt tooled and blind ruled border, dec. gilt tooled raised bands and gilt motifs with gilt lettered title label to rubbed spine. ¶ Hopkirk ‘The Great Game’ "Apart from Charles Marvin, Vámbéry was perhaps the best known of the writers on the Russian threat to English interests in Central Asia. Of Hungarian origin he journeyed through the region in the belief that Hungarians originally came from there. He disguised himself as a ragged dervish, or Muslim holy man, and as an exceptional linguist who mastered the local languages, was able to visit Bokhara, Samarkand and Khiva without detection. Although his exploits gained little attention in his own country, the story of his daring journey preceded him to England where he was lionised."

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; CENTRAL ASIA


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