Overland through Asia. Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life. Travels and Adventures in Kamchatka, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Chinese Tartary, and European Russia, with Full Accounts of the Siberian Exiles, Their Treatment, Condition, and Mode of…

xviii, [19]-606 pp. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers, engraved frontispiece, plates, in-line illustrations, and a double-page map showing Knox's route following text. An account of Knox's 1866 journey across Northern Asia as part of the Russo-American Telegraph Company expedition, which aimed to link Europe and the United States via the Bering Strait. The narrative begins with Knox's departure from New York, traveling through San Francisco and across the Pacific to Kamchatka. He famously covered approximately 3,600 miles by sledge and 1,400 miles by wagon across Siberia and Tartary. Knox provides vivid descriptions of Siberian exiles and their living conditions, Russian colonization, and the cultures of indigenous peoples. Includes nearly 200 illustrations and a double-page map.