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This book is written in the 1920s is an interesting travelogue of the journey undertaken overland to Chinese Turkistan through the Karakoram Mountains and Passes, by the author the then British Consular General to Chinese Turkistan. It is a story of the times when the main form of travel was on horse back or on foot. The author takes us to many places in his journey and each step gives us a vivid idea of the vistas and ways of the people of the time. His travels ...
This travel account by a British Counsul-General, was written with a first-hand knowledge of the people, their art, folklore, and customs. Having posted at Kashgar in Chinese Turkistan during the 1920s, Sir Clarmont Skrine and his wife, both adventurous, and with insatiable quest for acquiring more information of this unexplored areas spent their time touring, exploring, and mapping the high mountains. This book has some superb photographs which show the ...