256 Pages
by
Routledge
229 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
First published in 1992. This book invites the reader to cast the mind a hundred and fifty years back to a short span of time between 1829 and 1842. This was an exciting period when Britain?€?s might, demonstrated to the world at Trafalgar and Waterloo, was fortified by leadership in steam technology and was given a new direction by the liberal philosophy that British statesmen, thinkers and poets... Read more
Chapter 1 Peacock's Dream; Chapter 2 The State of the Art; Chapter 3 The Chesney Reconnaissance; Chapter 4 The Balance of Power; Chapter 5 Getting Ready; Chapter 6 Disappointments and Delays; Chapter 7 New Faces and Old Problems; Chapter 8 Steaming down the Great River; Chapter 9 The Wreck of the Tigris; Chapter 10 Down to the Persian Gulf; Chapter 11 Waiting for the Indian Mails; Chapter 12 The Ascent; Chapter 13 The End of the Expedition; Chapter 14 Epilogue;
Biography
John S. Guest
