A Journal Of Three Months' Walk In Persia In 1884 By Captain John Compton Pyne (iranian Studies Series)
by John Compton Pyne /
2017 / English / PDF
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In 1884, John Compton Pyne, a British soldier, having finished
his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip
home in order to spend three months crossing Persia,
unaccompanied except by the local muleteers. Among his
accouterments he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which
he not only wrote a journal but also added beautiful and charming
watercolor illustrations. This edition reprints his adventurous
journal alongside an introduction that contextualizes this trip
against the background of the Persian influence in British
culture, and sets this influence as a driving force behind Pyne’s
travels.
In 1884, John Compton Pyne, a British soldier, having finished
his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip
home in order to spend three months crossing Persia,
unaccompanied except by the local muleteers. Among his
accouterments he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which
he not only wrote a journal but also added beautiful and charming
watercolor illustrations. This edition reprints his adventurous
journal alongside an introduction that contextualizes this trip
against the background of the Persian influence in British
culture, and sets this influence as a driving force behind Pyne’s
travels.
