Mapping the Great Game Explorers Spies

The Great Game raged through the wilds of Central Asia during the nineteenth century as Imperial Russia and Great Britain jostled for power. Tsarist armies gobbled up large tracts of Turkestan advancing inexorably towards their ultimate prize India. These rivals understood well that the first need of an army in a strange land is a reliable map prompting desperate efforts to explore and chart out uncharted regions. Two distinct groups would rise to this challenge a band of army officers who would...See More