From Paris to New York by Land - Across Siberia and the Bering Strait

Harry De Windt

Summary

Paris to New York overland - across Siberia, along the Kolyma, over the frozen Bering Strait to Alaska. De Windt made the attempt in 1901-02 and very nearly died of it; the account is dry and the country is not. This edition adds a gallery of 59 plates after Turner, Vereshchagin, Friedrich and Bierstadt, and eight illustrations restored and coloured for the first time.

Available since: 09/16/2026.

Print length: 300 pages.

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