1860 Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding

A first edition.

Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, with vignette illustrations throughout, and with a folding map to the rear.

Collated, complete.

Thomas Witlam Atkinson details his journeys through eastern Siberia and the Amoor River region in the mid nineteenth century, describing the landscapes, peoples, and cultures encountered, as well as detailing the natural history and geography of the region.

Lacking the publisher's advertisements to the rear.

Atkinson travelled with his wife and young son, and records encounters their with Cossacks, Tungusic peoples, and Chinese traders.

Including reference to the hunting of both bear and boar.