Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia - Gyan Books

Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia - Gyan Books

About The Book: Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia by Ella Sykes is a detailed travel narrative recounting her 1915–1916 journey across Central Asia with her brother, Sir Percy Sykes. The book describes their diplomatic and exploratory mission through regions like Turkestan and Chinese Central Asia. Ella documents the geography, cultures, and daily lives of the people they encountered, offering rare female perspectives on a region little known to Western readers at the time. Richly illustrated, it blends adventure, politics, and ethnographic observation.

Author: Ella Skyes, Percy Sykes

Pages: 453

Edition: 1920

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