Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia
The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography.In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian.
GenresAsia, CentralHistorical geography
296 pages
English edition · First published 2019 by Casemate · ISBN 9781612008158
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