Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary
John Dundas Cochrane (1780–1825) was destined for the sea from an early age, but is best remembered as 'the Pedestrian Traveller'. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he set out on a six-year tour of France, Spain and Portugal on foot. When in 1820 the Admiralty turned down his offer to exp...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107444669 |