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$120 - THE GATES OF INDIA - Sir Thomas HOLDICH, Macmillan, London, 1910, 1st edn., original red cloth, some fading to spine, gilt titles, excellent maps including fold-out colour map of Afghanistan

THE GATES OF INDIA - Sir Thomas HOLDICH, Macmillan, London, 1910, 1st edn., original red cloth, some fading to spine, gilt titles, excellent maps including fold-out colour map of Afghanistan and Baluchistan - A record of the various interactions that the general area of Afghanistan, including parts of adjoining Central Asia, have had with the outside world through the ages. The books starts with relations that this area has had with ancient Greece and Persia. Among the 18 chapters of this book, the reader will find narratives on : Assyrian interactions, Alexander and Greek explorations, Chinese explorations, Mideval geography, English exploration, Arab exploration, American exploration, and three notices on Badakshan, Bokhara, and Ghazni. There are five maps that accompany the text. Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich KCMG KCIE CB FRGS was an English geographer and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He is best known as Superintendent of Frontier Surveys in British India and author of numerous books, including The Gates of India, The Countries of the King's Award and Political Frontiers and Boundary Making. During peacetime, he was largely occupied with the survey of India, and served on the Afghan Boundary Commission of 1884 86, the Tasmar Boundary Commission of 1894, the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895 and the Perso-Baluchistan Boundary Commission of 1896. He was also engaged in The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case by the governments of Argentina and Chile in 1902 to define the boundary along the Andes Mountains. He was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1887 in recognition of his work on the Afghan frontier. $120 Ex libris John Nankervis

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THE GATES OF INDIA - Sir Thomas HOLDICH, Macmillan, London, 1910, 1st edn., original red cloth, some fading to spine, gilt titles, excellent maps including fold-out colour map of Afghanistan and Baluchistan - A record of the various interactions that the general area of Afghanistan, including parts of adjoining Central Asia, have had with the outside world through the ages. The books starts with relations that this area has had with ancient Greece and Persia. Among the 18 chapters of this book, the reader will find narratives on : Assyrian interactions, Alexander and Greek explorations, Chinese explorations, Mideval geography, English exploration, Arab exploration, American exploration, and three notices on Badakshan, Bokhara, and Ghazni. There are five maps that accompany the text. Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich KCMG KCIE CB FRGS was an English geographer and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He is best known as Superintendent of Frontier Surveys in British India and author of numerous books, including The Gates of India, The Countries of the King's Award and Political Frontiers and Boundary Making. During peacetime, he was largely occupied with the survey of India, and served on the Afghan Boundary Commission of 1884 86, the Tasmar Boundary Commission of 1894, the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895 and the Perso-Baluchistan Boundary Commission of 1896. He was also engaged in The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case by the governments of Argentina and Chile in 1902 to define the boundary along the Andes Mountains. He was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1887 in recognition of his work on the Afghan frontier. $120 Ex libris John Nankervis<br /> <br /> BARKING MAD BOOKS - New Zealand's premier specialist, rare, antiquarian, second hand & out-of-print bookshop & mail order service.