{"product_id":"the-duab-of-turkestan-a-physiographic-sketch-and-account-of-some-travels-paperback-9781108010665","title":"The Duab of Turkestan; a Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108010665","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Duab of Turkestan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ea Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed description of early twentieth-century Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and south-west Kazakhstan, illustrated with 207 maps and photographs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. Rickmer Rickmers (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108010665, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e596 pages, 201 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eW. Rickmer Rickmers (1873–1965) was a German explorer and mountaineer who visited and explored central Asia five times between 1894 and 1906. This book provides an account of his travels in the area he calls Turkestan, which incorporates modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and south-west Kazakhstan, and was first published in 1913. The region, which contains the ancient cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, had not been previously described in so much detail by a western European traveller. Rickmers includes accounts of both these historic cities as well as describing the social life of the indigenous people, with a comprehensive survey of the geography of the region. Richly illustrated with 207 maps and photographs, this volume provides an insight into the everyday life of the area before the upheavals of the Soviet era.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Duab of Turkestan\u003cbr\u003e 2. The physical features of the Duab\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Zarafshan\u003cbr\u003e 4. A visit to Makhan-Kul\u003cbr\u003e 5. Bokhara and the road to Karshi\u003cbr\u003e 6. Samarkand\u003cbr\u003e 7. The ascent of Kemkutan\u003cbr\u003e 8. A trip to the mountains of Urgut\u003cbr\u003e 9. From Samarkand to Varziminar\u003cbr\u003e 10. From Varziminar to the Zarafshan glacier\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Zarafshan glacier\u003cbr\u003e 12. To the mountains of the Fan\u003cbr\u003e 13. To Garm and the mountains of Peter the Great\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tupchek and the ascent of Great Achik\u003cbr\u003e 15. The glaciers and moraines of Tupchek\u003cbr\u003e 16. To Kalaikhumb and the Yakhsu conglomerates\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Oxus jungles, Baljuan, Karatagh\u003cbr\u003e 18. From Karatagh to Samarkand\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physical geography \u0026amp; topography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physical geography \u0026amp; topography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physical%20geography%20\u0026amp;%20topography%20%5BRGB%5D%22\"\u003eRGB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265925337368,"sku":"9781108010665","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108010665i_7138be0d-0e90-4196-8edb-26bd5ab777c4.jpg?v=1694867491","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-duab-of-turkestan-a-physiographic-sketch-and-account-of-some-travels-paperback-9781108010665","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}