ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A NARRATIVE OF SEVEN YEARS' EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN SIBERIA, MONGOLIA, THE KIRGHIS STEPPES, CHINESE TARTARY, AND PART OF CENTRAL ASIA.
Atkinson, Thomas Witlam:
New York. 1858. 533pp. plus folding map and ads. Frontis. Plates. Original cloth. Bit frayed at head and toe of spine, else very good. First American edition. Atkinson undertook this exploratory mission to sketch portions of Siberia and Asia previously unknown. He offers observations on the mines, resources, the Altai mountain range, etc. His route is traced in red on the map. ABBEY 530 (ref).
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