Across the Elburz Range to Teheran
On horseback through Persia
Through Mesopotamia to Bagdad
An adventurous ride through western Persia
An ambassador to the Shah of Persia
Through Khorasan, the land of the sun
Meshhed, the city of martyrs
Two thousand miles in a carriage : a winter ride on the "roof of the world"
With the Kirghiz - My struggle with the "father of the ice-mountains"
The caravan meets with disaster
Second expedition to the Pamirs
I discover 2000-year-old cities in the desert
The wild camels' paradise
Retreating twelve hundred miles
A detective-story from the heart of Asia
My first entry into Tibet
Wild asses, wild yaks, and Mongolians
In the land of the Tangut robbers
Our life on the largest river in the very heart of Asia
A hazardous journey across the Great Desert
We discover an ancient city in the Lop Desert
Our final weeks on the branching Tarim
Adventures in Eastern Tibet
Through the Gobi Desert without water
Lou-lan, the sleeping town
Toward Lhasa disguised as a pilgrim
A prisoner of the Tibetans
Stopped by an armed force
Through Tibet to India, and back to Tibet
Fighting four governments
Marching with death through northern Tibet
Through the large white spot : "unexplored"
The pilgrim's journey on the Holy River
With the Tashi Lama at the New-Year festival
Our experiences in Tash-Lunpo and Shigatse
Strange monasteries, walled-in monks
New trans-Himalaya passes : Mohammed Isa's last journey
The discovery of the source of the Brahma-putra
Manasarovar, the holy lake
Rakas-Tal, the Devil's lake
From the holy mountain to the source of the Indus
Desperate winter days in northern Tibet
New travels through the unknown land