Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia

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Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century AsiaThe Great Game raged through the wilds of Central Asia during the nineteenth century, as Imperial Russia and Great Britain jostled for power. Tsarist armies gobbled up large tracts of Turkestan, advancing inexorably towards their ultimate prize, India. These rivals understood well that the first need of an army in a strange land is a reliable map, prompting desperate efforts to explore and chart out uncharted regions. Two distinct groups would rise to

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