Accross Asia on a bicycle (1894)
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Des extraits du carnet de route de Sachtleben (William Lewis Sachtleben Turkey travel diary, April 12, 1891-May 9, 1891, University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections)
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ACROSS ASIA ON A BICYCLE, THE JOURNEY OF TWO AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO PEKING
BY THOMAS GASKELL ALLEN, Jr. and WILLIAM LEWIS SACHTLEBEN, 1894
" During all of this journey we never employed the services of guides or interpreters. We were compelled, therefore, to learn a little of the language of every country through which we passed. Our independence in this regard increased, perhaps, the hardships of the journey, but certainly contributed much toward the object we sought—a close acquaintance with strange peoples.
During our travels we took more than two thousand five hundred photographs, selections from which are reproduced in the illustrations of this volume. "
Le Humber Safety bicycle de 1890 de Thomas G. Allen est dans la collection du Science Museum (London) :https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co25746/humber-safety-bicycle-1890-bicycles
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Humber_Safety_Bicycle.jpg
William Lewis Sachtleben a enquêté en 1895 sur la disparition de Lenz.