Explorations in Turkestan with an account of the basin of Eastern Persia and Sistan. Expedition of 1903, under the direction of Raphael Pumpelly

Pumpelly, Raphael

Published by Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., 1905

About this Item

First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 324; 2 plates (1 folding, 1 in color), 4 maps (3 folding), and 174 illustrations in the text, mostly from photographs; later green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Contains the texts of five papers: Archaeological and physico-geographical reconnaissance in Turkestan, by Raphael Pumpelly; A journey across Turkestan, by William M. Davis; Physiographic observations between the Syr Darya and lake Kara Kul, on the Pamir, 1903, by Raphael W. Pumpelly; A geologic and physiographic reconnaissance in Central Turkestan, by Ellsworth Huntington; and, The basin of eastern Persia and Sistan, by Ellsworth Huntington. Yakushi P326.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explorations in Turkestan with an account of the basin of Eastern Persia and Sistan. Expedition of 1903, under the direction of Raphael Pumpelly
• Publisher: Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1905
• Edition: 1st Edition
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