Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia by Riaz Dean

Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia

Riaz Dean

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nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Although the ultimate prize of the Great Game played out between Great Britain and Imperial Russia in the 19th century was India, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Maps and ...

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