From Paris to New York by Land
by Harry De Windt
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- De Windt, Harry, 1856-1933
- Credits
- Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26007
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26007
- Release Date
- July 8, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND
- 2.BY HARRY DE WINDT F.R.G.S.
- 3.TO MY WIFE
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND
- 7.PART I EUROPE AND ASIA
- 8.CHAPTER I — THROUGH EUROPE. THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
- 9.CHAPTER II — THE PARIS OF SIBERIA
- 10.CHAPTER III — THE GREAT LENA POST-ROAD
- 11.CHAPTER IV — THE CITY OF THE YAKUTE
- 12.CHAPTER V — THE LAND OF DESOLATION
- 13.CHAPTER VI — VERKHOYANSK
- 14.CHAPTER VII — THROUGH DARKEST SIBERIA
- 15.CHAPTER VIII — AN ARCTIC INFERNO
- 16.CHAPTER IX — THE LOWER KOLYMA RIVER
- 17.CHAPTER X — A CRUEL COAST
- 18.CHAPTER XI — IN THE ARCTIC
- 19.CHAPTER XII — AMONG THE TCHUKTCHIS
- 20.CHAPTER XIII — AMONG THE TCHUKTCHIS—( continued )
- 21.PART II AMERICA
- 22.CHAPTER XIV — ACROSS BERING STRAITS—CAPE PRINCE OF WALES
- 23.CHAPTER XV — AN ARCTIC CITY
- 24.CHAPTER XVI — A RIVER OF GOLD
- 25.CHAPTER XVII — DAWSON
- 26.CHAPTER XVIII — THE UPPER YUKON AND LEWES RIVERS. THE WHITE PASS RAILWAY.
- 27.CHAPTER XIX — THE FRANCO-AMERICAN RAILWAY—SKAGWAY—NEW YORK
- 28.APPENDIX I — APPROXIMATE TABLE OF DISTANCES PARIS TO NEW YORK
- 29.APPENDIX II — LIST OF POST-STATIONS BETWEEN IRKUTSK AND YAKUTSK
- 30.APPENDIX III
- 31.APPENDIX IV — YAKUTE SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN VERKHOYANSK AND SREDNI-KOLYMSK
- 32.APPENDIX V — SETTLEMENTS ON KOLYMA RIVER BETWEEN SREDNI-KOLYMSK AND NIJNI-KOLYMSK
- 33.APPENDIX VI — A SHORT GLOSSARY OF YAKUTE WORDS
- 34.APPENDIX VII — GLOSSARY OF VARIOUS DIALECTS IN USE AMONGST THE TCHUKTCHIS INHABITING THE COASTS OF N.E. SIBERIA
- 35.APPENDIX VIII — METEOROLOGICAL RECORD OF THE DE WINDT EXPEDITION Paris to New York, 1901-1902
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.