Drifting Through Mesopotamia: A Russian Traveller, M. Dutkevitch By James Willoughby. An Uncommon Original Article From The Wide World Magazine – Circa 1914

A chatty account, illustrated by a magnificent set of photographs, of the remarkable journey recently made by a Russian traveller, M. Dutkevitch, through the untrodden regions of Mesopotamia. Accompanied only by a few porters, M. Dutkevitch took passage on a ‘kelek’ or raft of inflated skins and drifted slowly down the mighty Tigris to Bagdad. Mr Willoughby has put this article together from the traveller’s own notes’ An uncommon original article (1914) – 12 pages, illustrated H:23.3 x W:17cm