Author

FERRIER, Joseph Pierce.

Title

Caravan journeys and wanderings
in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan; with historical notices of the countries lying between Russia and India. Translated from the original unpublished manuscript by Capt. William Jesse. Edited by H.D. Seymour.

Published, Date

John Murray, London1857.

Description

Second edition. 8vo., frontispiece, 2 wood-engraved plates, 2 maps (1 large folding map at rear of volume as called for, the other an extra-illustration taken from another work by the author), contemporary dark blue calf gilt, new red morocco lettering piece.

Note

The author was a French Officer seconded to the Persian Army and was removed from his post through Russian intrigues in 1843. In 1845 he left Baghdad to pursue his fortune in Lahore where several of his countrymen were serving under Runjeet Singh. He was one of the earliest Europeans to give an account of the parts of Afghanistan and Central Asia through which he passed. He also gives an interesting French perspective on the British activities in that region. He travelled alone through Asia and reached areas hitherto untrodden by Europeans.

References

Ghani p129; Yakushi F45a.

Stock Number

71272