Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to Peking

In 1890, two American college graduates set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the "longest continuous land journey ever made around the world." This is their account their trip across Turkey, Persia, Turkestan and northern China. It described their adventures traveling along through regions few outsiders ever visited. Out of print over a century, this book is now back in print with additional notes and maps.

Author: Thomas Gaskell Jr. Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben
Publisher: Inkling Books
Published: 07/15/2003
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781587420207
ISBN10: 1587420201
BISAC Categories:
- History | Expeditions & Discoveries

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