Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Year Journey Around the World and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China. This item is unavailable.Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Year Journey Around the World and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China

Across America And Asia: Notes Of A Five Year Journey Around The World And Of Residence In Arizona, Japan And China by Raphael Pumpelly. The work chronicles Pumpelly's expansive travels from the American West through the Pacific and into Asia, offering a geologist's blend of field observation, mining study, ethnography, and geopolitical reflection. It surveys frontier societies, mining practices, and the intersection of empire and modernization as he encounters Buddhist and Lamaist life in Mongolia, frontier communities in Siberia, Cossack and Russian officials, and the logistical rigors of long-distance travel across snowbound and ice-haunted terrains. The narrative unites technical notes on geology, mineral wealth, and mining technology with vivid depictions of nomadic hospitality, religious life, and the social consequences of political change—plus debates on railways, extraterritorial rights, and the broader future trajectories of Eurasia and transcontinental commerce.