Beschreibung:

XIV, 281 S. mit einigen Textxylographien. 16 getönte lithograph. Tafeln und 1 mehrfach gefalt. farb. lithograph. Karte. 8°. Lwd. der Zeit (etw. bestoßen, berieben und fleckig).

Bemerkung:

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - "Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Prjevalsky) was a Russian geographer[1] of Polish descent (he was born in a Polish noble family), and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. ... In the following years he made four journeys to Central Asia: 1870?1873 from Kyakhta he crossed the Gobi Desert to Beijing then explored the upper Yangtze, and in 1872 crossed into Tibet. He surveyed over 7,000 sq mi, collected and brought back with him 5000 plants, 1000 birds and 3000 insect species, as well as 70 reptiles and the skins of 130 different mammals. Przehevalsky was awarded the Constantine Medal by the Imperial Geographical Society, promoted to lieutenant-general, appointed to the Tsar`s General Staff, and received the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class. During his expedition, the Dungan Revolt (1862?77) was raging in China. The journey provided the General Staff with important intelligence on a Muslim uprising in the kingdom of Yaqub Beg in western China, and his lecture to the Russian Imperial Geographical Society was received with `thunderous applause` from an overflow audience" (Wikepdia Abruf vom 14.02.2024). - Die Karte im Falz mit Randeinriss (ca 2 cm - ohne Verlust). Etw. gebräunt. Vorderer Buchinnendeckel gestempelt. Exlibris.