Colquhoun, Archibald R

The "Overland" to China

London & New York: Harper & Bros. 1900. Second edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 464, [1]; frontispiece portrait, plates, illustrations in the text, 4 folding color maps; very good in original blue cloth gilt, slight wear to edges, two ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, minimal foxing including some to the maps. Colquhoun (1848-1914) was a British explorer and the first Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. In the 1880s he took part in several exploratory expeditions to Burma, Indo-China and southern China, for which he was awarded the 1884 Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. Item #25783

Price: $250.00