This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...Je me plairai a proclamer cet excellent jeune officier le premier des voyageurs qui ont parcouru l'interieur d'un Continent. L'ouvrage a en outre le merite d'une noble simplicite de redaction. Vous etes heureux d'avoir donne a l'Asie au-dega de l'Indus Elphinstone et Burnes.--Votre tres-humble, et tres.obeissant ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...Je me plairai a proclamer cet excellent jeune officier le premier des voyageurs qui ont parcouru l'interieur d'un Continent. L'ouvrage a en outre le merite d'une noble simplicite de redaction. Vous etes heureux d'avoir donne a l'Asie au-dega de l'Indus Elphinstone et Burnes.--Votre tres-humble, et tres.obeissant serviteur, Alexandre Humboldt. Almost simultaneously with the Bokhara travels appeared the short Memoir of the Journey of 1829 into the Desert between Cutch and the Indus, from which we have already quoted. It was published in the transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Burnes having been made a member by acclamation, and received the highest mark of distinction that eminent body could confer on him--the Gold Medal of the Society. He at this time received a letter of compliment from a member of the Institute of France, by direction of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris, from which the following is an extract: -- Vous avez trace sur la portion peut etre le plus obscure de l'Asie une ligne lumineuse, et vous avez porte au plus haut degre dans votre voyage les merites precieuses de ce que vos compatriots appellent direct observation; while at the same time he had the Silver Medal of the French Geographical Society bestowed upon him. The reception he met with on making a flying visit to the French capital, shortly after this, will be best understood by an extract from a private letter to his brother: --paris, December 23,1834.--My reception at Paris has been enthusiastic. I have been invited to the reunions of the Savans; admitted yesterday at the sitting of the Institute; and the day before the Geographical Society. At the Institute I saw Arago, Biot, ...
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