Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying between Russia and India/Charles Marvin. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana, 2001, xviii, 416 p., $53. ISBN 81-86505-04-4.
Contents: Preface. 1. Arminius Vambery’s journey in disguise to the Khanates of Central Asia. 2. Captain Marsh’s ride from the Caspian to India. 3. Colonel Valentine Baker’s visit to the Perso-Turcoman frontier. 4. J. A. Macgahan’s chase of General Kaufmann’s army. 5. Captain Napier’s secret mission. 6. Colonel C.M. Macgregor’s survey of Khorassan. 7. Captain Burnaby’s ride to Khiva. 8. General Petrusevitch and the Turcomans.9. Captain Butler, the secret English agent. 10. Pashino, the secret Russian agent. 11. Grodekoff’s ride to Herat. 12. O’Donovan’s Dash to Merv. 13. Colonel Stewart’s watch over Skobeleff’s army. 14. Lieutenant Alikhanoff’s journey with a Russian Caravan to Merv. 15. Lessar’s discovery of the easy road to India. 16. The past and future of pioneering in Central Asia.
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