Across Asia on a Bicycle

About this film

LibriVox recording of Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen; William Lewis Sachtleben. Read in English by pyfeman43; DJRickyV; Lewis-James Mordieu; Jim Price; Mark Chulsky; Lynne Thompson; Tony Oliva; Richard Shipp In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the "longest continuous land journey ever made around the world." This is their account of their trip across Turkey, Persia, Turkestan and northern China. It described their adventures traveling along through regions few outsiders ever visited. And include climbing Mount Ararat (they didn't find an ark) and a meeting with the then Chinese Prime Minister. And numerous photographs selected from the 2,500 taken on the almost 3 year trip. (summary by Annise) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (154MB)

Directors & creators

Thomas Gaskell Allen; William Lewis Sachtleben

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;travel; Asia; bicycle; travelogue; road trip

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