Download or read book On Horseback Through Asia Minor written by Fred Burnaby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume 1877 account of the author's two-thousand mile journey from Constantinople to eastern Turkey before the Russo-Turkish War.
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Download or read book On Horseback Through Asia Minor written by Frederick Burnaby and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1878, this is the story of Frederick Burnaby's harrowing thousand-mile winter journey from Constantinople to eastern Turkey. War between Turkey and Russia threatened, and Burnaby was on a mission to discover whether the Turks could resist a potential thrust toward Constantinople by the Russian Empire. This entertaining account, a bestseller of its time, will appeal to armchair travelers, military history buffs, and anyone interested in the history of this fascinating and tumultuous region. British soldier and writer FREDERICK BURNABY (1842-1885) was a member of the Royal Horse Guards, and in 1882, he became the first balloonist to cross the English Channel alone. Three years later, he died from a spear wound sustained in battle in the Sudan. He also wrote A Ride to Khiva (1876).
Download or read book Roman Rule in Asia Minor Volume 1 Text written by David Magie and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is known of the expansion of the Roman Empire in Asia and adjacent lands to the East between 133 B.C. and A.D. 285 is presented here in a comprehensive organization of all the existing scholarship. An authority in the field of ancient history and archaeology, Mr. Magie presents a thorough account of political and economic conditions in this period. Volume 1 contains the text. Originally published in 1950. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book On Horseback Through Asia Minor Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Fred Burnaby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Vol. 1 of 2 IT has been said that a man often writes his book first, his preface last. The author of this work is no exception to the general rule. These volumes contain an account of a journey on horseback through Asia Minor. I was five months in that country, and traversed a district extending over 2000 miles. My limited leave of absence prevented me from staying more than a few days at the important towns which lay on the route. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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