ECCENTRIC TRAVELLERS: EXCURSIONS WITH SEVEN EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES FROM THE 18TH & 19TH CENTURIES John Keay 1983 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine (Keay, John)

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	Item #: OP990-927 ECCENTRIC TRAVELLERS: EXCURSIONS WITH SEVEN EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES FROM THE 18TH & 19TH CENTURIES John Keay 1983 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine By Keay, John Price: $25.00 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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Los Angeles, 1983, 1st US edition. 216 pp, b/w illustrations, maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine. From a rich gallery of courage and absurdity, of vision and delusion, this book presents seven extraordinary figures, all with remarkable achievements, whose place in the history of exploration should be assured: Father Gifford Palgrave, Thomas Manning, Gottlieb Leitner, Charles Waterton, Joseph Wolff, James Holman, and Philip Thicknesse.
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