1902 Across Coveted Lands, or, a Journey From Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

Complete in two volumes.

An exciting travel work by Arnold Henry Savage Landor, following his exploration from Holland to India on horseback, travelling though Persia. Landor made this expedition alongside his two kittens, Kerman and Zeris.

Landor vividly describes his experiences travelling overland across Persia, writing in his typical witty prose above his adventures en route, include meeting wrestlers and government officials.

Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and forty-seven plates.

Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and seventy-two plates.

Collated, complete.

Written and illustrated by the explorer and anthropologist Arnold Henry Savage Landor. Landor also published the travel works 'China and the Allies', 'Across Wildest Africa' and 'The Gems of the East'.