Cabool: being a personal narrative of a journey to and
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Cabool: being a personal narrative of a journey to and residence in that city. 1st edition with an Elphinstone dedication by Burnes Alexander. Published by John Murray, London 1842. Book Condition: VG. First. being a personal narrativeof a journey to and residence in that city in the years 1836, 7 and 8. With numerous illustrations. (by the author of Travels into Bokhara). Frontis and eleven plates (of which two are folding). 398 pp. Burnes worked for the East India company. He was an accomplished linguist so he was able to don native dress and travel through Peshawar and Kabul. He also cross the Hindu Kush mountains and visited Bokhara, Astrabad and Teheran. An important, early work on this interesting part of Central Asia.
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