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BOOK: The Exploration of the Caucasus (digicoll.library.wisc.edu)

Source:

Freshfield, Douglas William
The Exploration of the Caucasus
London: Edward Arnold, 1902
2 v. illus., port., fold. maps. 29 cm.

Contents

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Source:

Freshfield, Douglas William
The Exploration of the Caucasus
London: Edward Arnold, 1902
3 v. illus., port., fold. maps. 29 cm.

Contents

[Cover]

[Half-title] The exploration of the Caucasus: volume II, pp. [i] ff.

[Frontispiece] Tetnuld from the north, p. [ii]

[Title page] The exploration of the Caucasus: volume II, pp. [iii]-[iv]

[Contents] Table of contents, pp. [v]-vi

[Contents] Illustrations in the text, pp. [vii]-viii

Chapter XIII: the Zanner Pass and Ukiu, pp. [1]-20

Chapter XIV: mountaineering in 1888: Dykhtau and Katuintau, Holder, J. G. pp. 21-37

Chapter XV: mountaineering in 1888: continued: Shkara, Janga, and Ushba, Cockin, J. G. pp. 38-58

Chapter XVI: search and travel in 1889, pp. 59-92

Chapter XVII: the ascent of Koshtantau, Woolley, Hermann pp. [93]-114

Chapter XVIII: Chegem, pp. 115-132

Chapter XIX: the passes of the Baksan, pp. 133-148

Chapter XX: Urusbieh and Elbruz, pp. 149-173

Chapter XXI: the sources of the Kuban, de Déchy, Maurice pp. 174-190 ff.

Chapter XXII: the solitude of Abkhasia, pp. 191-220

Appendices, pp. [221]-[222]

Appendix A: the physical history of the Caucasus, Bonney, T. G. pp. 223-232 ff.

Appendix B: topographical and travellers' notes and climbers' record, pp. 233-276

Appendix C: table of mean temperatures and rainfalls: (year 1890), pp. [277]-283

Appendix D: heights of the lower terminations of some of the principal Caucasian glaciers, pp. [284]-286

Appendix E: note on the maps and illustrations, pp. 287-288

Appendix F: a short list of books recommended to those interested in the central Caucasus, pp. 289-290

The peaks, passes & glaciers of the central Caucasus

Index, pp. [291]-295 ff.

[Cover]


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