From Paris to New York by Land

by Harry de Windt

Overview

Harry de Windt (1856-1933) war ein französische-britischer Entdecker und Schriftsteller. Er unternahm lange Reisen über den gesamten Globus und schrieb seine Erfahrungen nider.
In dem vorliegenden Buch aus dem Jahre 1903 geht es um seine Reise von Europa nach Amerika, auf der er versuchte herauszufinden, inwieweit es möglich wäre, eine Eisenbahnlinie zu konstruieren, die Paris und New York miteinander verbindet. Auch aus heutiger Sicht handelt es sich dabei immer noch um eine faszinierende Vorstellung. Dieses Buch liegt hier in englischer Sprache vor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783955803599
Publisher:	DOGMA
Publication date:	07/13/2013
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt FRGS served as aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (Harry's sister Margaret was Brooke's wife), and is best known as an explorer and travel writer. His writings were published under the name Harry de Windt. Harry de Windt was the son of Captain Joseph Clayton Jennyns de Windt of Blunsdon Hall, near Swindon and Highworth in Wiltshire, England. He was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1875, but did not pursue a degree, instead traveling with his brother-in-law from 1876-1878. His first wife was Frances Laura Arabella Long, sister of the 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall, whom he married in London in 1882. They got divorced in 1888. This union produced one child, a daughter named Margaret Maude. Harry married Hilda Frances E Clark, daughter of the Reverend Professor William Robinson Clark, in 1899; she died in 1924. In 1927, Harry married the actress Charlotte Elizabeth Ihle, also known as Elaine Inescourt.