Title: The Alai-Pamirs in 1913 and 1928.
Author: W. Rickmer Rickmers.
Publisher:London: Royal Geographical Society, 1929.
Notes & Condition:
The author's first-hand engaging account encompasses two separate expeditions to the
same region of the Alai-Pamirs, also called the 'Ruissian Pamirs',
surveying the glaciers and mountains between the Amu Darya, the Sir Darya and
the Chinese border, and gaining understanding of the inhabitants dispersed throughout.
Rickmers uncovers routes through ancient abandoned passes
and contemporary routes guarded in secrecy. He comments on smugglers and
Russian intervention, as well as historic events and ancient civilaztions,
the dead cities of Chinese Turkistan and changes in glaciation.
He reveals traits of the nomadic Qirghiz, the Tajik,
and rock-dwelling Galchas, also stating that other unknown tribes remain unknown.
With fifteen years between the two journeys, Mr. Rickmers, experienced and
knowledgeable in Asian travel, also remarks on the differences and similarities
of travel while imparting the most intimate detail of this formidable land.
22 pages, with several black and white photographic plates. Plus a large fold-out colour route map, measuring 16 inches x 7.5 inches. These are original text pages printed in 1929, in excellent condition.
Attractively bound booklet style in modern blue paper covers with label.
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