Authors: John Keay
Into India
When Men and Mountains Meet
The Gilgit Game
Eccentric Travellers
Explorers Extraordinary
Highland Drove
The Royal Geographical Society’s
History of World Exploration (
general editor
)
India Discovered
The Honourable Company:
A History of the English East India Company
The Encyclopaedia of Scotland
(
with Julia Keay
)
Indonesia: From Sabang to Merauke
Last Post: The End of Empire in the Far East
India: A History
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