Project Gutenberg 2015-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 189 De Windt, Harry 1856 1933 Windt, Harry de 05003703 From Pekin to Calais by Land Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Denis Pronovost and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "From Pekin to Calais by Land" by Harry De Windt is a travelogue written in the late 19th century. This narrative chronicles the author's adventurous journey across Europe and Asia, specifically detailing the overland trek from Pekin (Beijing) in China to Calais in France. The author, joined by a fellow traveler named Lancaster, expresses both excitement and trepidation about their planned route, which traverses relatively unknown territories, vast deserts, and multiple countries. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for a grand journey filled with anticipation and meticulous planning, highlighting the challenges faced even before the travelers embarked on their voyage. Introduced through a conversation with a young lady questioning the feasibility of overland travel to China, the author reflects on the lack of recent information regarding their intended route. The journey officially begins with their departure from Gravesend, capturing initial thoughts, encounters, and the underlying sense of adventure as they aim to navigate through various cities and landscapes, including the Gobi Desert and Siberia. As they begin, the narrative suggests a mix of humility and caution, foreshadowing the potential hardships they might encounter along this ambitious route. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en China -- Description and travel Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel Asia -- Description and travel DS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 963567 963617 2024-10-20T11:48:08.909821 2023-09-21T08:22:07.901146 text/html text/html 946212 2015-05-18T19:42:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 1823235 2015-05-18T19:42:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1844897 2024-10-20T11:48:21.727740 application/epub+zip 1851479 2024-10-20T11:48:11.268778 application/epub+zip 454614 2024-10-20T11:48:10.086807 application/epub+zip 2006120 2024-10-20T11:48:29.444755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1952260 2024-10-20T11:48:20.399779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621559 2022-09-22T08:20:08.433285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829829 829637 2024-10-20T11:48:06.985868 2023-09-21T08:22:06.006129 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 829663 2015-05-18T19:42:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 323376 2015-05-18T19:42:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20085 2024-10-20T11:48:29.594707 application/rdf+xml 25053 2024-10-20T11:48:10.236791 image/jpeg 3511 2024-10-20T11:48:10.161781 image/jpeg 1940660 2024-10-20T11:48:09.040792 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia