Stock ID #176114 Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c. JOHN JACKSON.
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c
Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c

Journey from India towards England in the year 1797 by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans,
particularly between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c

London. T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies. 1799. Stock ID #176114

Folding frontispiece map, xvi +277 pages, ii pages of publisher's advertisements, five full page illustrations engraved by William Cooke, original half calf with marbled boards, corners rubbed and bumped, the map foxed, a couple of text leaves spotted, the front pastedown marked, but in very good condition.

Scarce and sought after account of John Jackson's intrepid journey. A merchant, he departed Bombay by ship on 4 May 1797 for Basrah. He proceeded via the Euphrates and Tigris to Baghdad, and travelled through Kurdistan, Armorica, Anatolia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, and Transylvania, reaching Hamburg on 28 October the same year. Daunting in its scope, it was a route for the most part untested by European travellers and his disarmingly straightforward entries "always on the spot, from day to day" (preface) suggested that the route whilst dangerous, was navigable all year round.

The fine engraved plates by William Cooke (uncaptioned but described in the text) depict a "boat generally called a Donek used by the Arabs on the Tigris and Euphrates"; "Boats bound for Bagdad"; "Tatar on horseback"; "Description of a Spinning Machine"; and "The Mountains of Amasia".

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