Author: Fraser, David.
Title: THE SHORT CUT TO INDIA. The Record of a Journey along the Route of the Baghdad Railway.
Description: William Blackwood and Sons, 1909. 1st Ed. xiii + 381pp. + 2pp. 90 ills. maps and sketches including 1 folding map. Light age toning, original gilt lettered black and red pictorial cloth, upper leading corner bumped, minor marking, spine faded and bumped. ¶ Account of the journey Fraser made in 1908 along the projected route of the Baghdad Railway through Turkey, Turkish Kurdistan, northern Iraq, Baghdad and on finally to Basra in the south. With some interesting facts and figures about the projected Baghdad railway, trade and population of the countries along the route and some account of Armenian Massacres.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST


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