A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia
by
Alexander Burnes
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
At the age of only twenty six, Alexander Burnes proved himself to be one of the most effective intelligence agents of his time. Making two dangerous journeys beyond the frontiers of the Indian Empire, he reported back via the East India Company to Downing Street on the geography and politics of the...