The shores of Lake Aral

Wood, Herbert

Published by Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1876

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 352; folding map of The Lower Arms of the Amudarya, and tipped in at the back is a large folding map of West Turkestan and Adjoining Countries (approx. 17½" x 22½"), both maps showing water features in blue; ex-Parliament of Canada Library with their gilt monogram at the bottom of the spine, and a faint rubberstamp on the lower pastedown; contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, extremities scuffed, but the binding is sound; all else very good and clean. The large folding map with 2 or 3 very short breaks at the folds, else fine. Herbert William Wood (1837-1879) a British army officer who served a very active military career in India and Abyssinia and eventually ".was promoted major. He obtained three years' furlough and accompanied the Grand Duke Constantine's expedition, sent under the auspices of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society to examine the Amu Daria region. He published the results of his travels in The Shores of Lake Aral (1876), which showed the difficulties with which the Russians contended in central Asia.a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal and Imperial Russian Geographical societies, and a corresponding member of the Society of Geography of Geneva" (ODNB). Yakushi W215.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The shores of Lake Aral
• Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1876
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • Exploration