"Eclectic and didactic, yet strangely compelling." -- Business Age

• Part I: Dunquin to Tokyo. 1. A flight to Russia. 2. New York. 3. Crossing Europe. 4. Linz. 5. Central Europe. 6. On to Istanbul. 7. Old Turkistan. 8. China. 9. Xi'an. 10. Xi'an to Beijing. Part II: Tokyo to Dunquin. 11. First class in the first world. 12. At the edge of the world. 13. Across the wild Tayga. 14. Siberia. 15. Ulan-Ude, Zima, and Kansk. 16. Novosibirsk and west. 17. Moscow. 18. On to Ireland. Part III. 19. Africa: the Sahara Desert. 20. Sub-Saharan Africa. 21. Down a lazy river. 22. Home of the always victorious warrior. 23. Escape. 24. Zambia and the Great Zimbabwe. 25. Botswana. 26. South Africa. Part IV. 27. Overland Down Under. 28. The uttermost edge of the world. 29. Buenos Aires. 30. Chile and Easter Island. 31. On the shining path. 32. On Darwin's trail. 33. The Darien Gap. 34. The canal to the Rio Grande. 35. Home and beyond. Afterword. Appendix I. Appendix II. Index.

"Eclectic and didactic, yet strangely compelling." -- Business Age

• Part I: Dunquin to Tokyo. 1. A flight to Russia. 2. New York. 3. Crossing Europe. 4. Linz. 5. Central Europe. 6. On to Istanbul. 7. Old Turkistan. 8. China. 9. Xi'an. 10. Xi'an to Beijing. Part II: Tokyo to Dunquin. 11. First class in the first world. 12. At the edge of the world. 13. Across the wild Tayga. 14. Siberia. 15. Ulan-Ude, Zima, and Kansk. 16. Novosibirsk and west. 17. Moscow. 18. On to Ireland. Part III. 19. Africa: the Sahara Desert. 20. Sub-Saharan Africa. 21. Down a lazy river. 22. Home of the always victorious warrior. 23. Escape. 24. Zambia and the Great Zimbabwe. 25. Botswana. 26. South Africa. Part IV. 27. Overland Down Under. 28. The uttermost edge of the world. 29. Buenos Aires. 30. Chile and Easter Island. 31. On the shining path. 32. On Darwin's trail. 33. The Darien Gap. 34. The canal to the Rio Grande. 35. Home and beyond. Afterword. Appendix I. Appendix II. Index.