Thomas henri

1906 · 75471 — New York: Frederick H. Stokes Company 1906. First American edition. Octavo. xii 2 356 pp. All photographic illustrations present but the folding map is not. Publisher's yellow cloth with cover decorations in blue and green gilt spine and cover lettering. Spne a bit sunned and minor extremity wear else a very good copy.Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1843-1929 was an English geographer and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He is best known as Superintendent of Frontier Surveys in British India and author of numerous books including The Gates of India The Countries of the King's Award and Political Frontiers and Boundary Making. During peacetime Holdich was largely occupied with the survey of India. He was the chief surveyor on the Afghan Boundary Commission of 1884–86. The Commission soon found itself in the midst of a crisis inflamed by the Panjdeh incident. When this nearly led to war with Russia Holdich was put in charge of fortifying Herat against a potential Russian invasion. He later served on the Tasmar Boundary Commission of 1894 the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895 and the Perso-Baluchistan Boundary Commission of 1896. He was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1887 in recognition of his work . Frederick H. Stokes Company hardcover