Arnold Henry Savage Landor

Arnold Henry Savage Landor (born June 2, 1867 in Florence , † December 26, 1924 there ) was a painter, travel writer and researcher. His father was Charles Savage Landor. The poet Walter Savage Landor was his grandfather.

Henry S. Landor with the Persian kittens 'Kerman' and 'Zeris' who accompanied him on his journey to Across Coveted Lands .

Life

Henry S. Landor traveled as an explorer mainly in the then little-known areas of East and Central Asia. He was never taken seriously as a researcher due to the meager results of his expeditions. The accumulation of dramatic events in his books leaves strong doubts as to the veracity of his adventures. Henry S. Landor was aware of this criticism and tried to refute it in the original editions of his works by means of testimony and official confirmations.

Because of his lively and witty writing style, the German editions of his books were a great success for both publisher and author. Within 25 years, his books achieved ten editions by 1922.

Works

• Alone with the hairy Ainu: or, 3800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile islands . Publisher: John Murray, London 1893
• Corea or Cho-sen, the land of the morning calm . Publisher: William Heinemann London, 1895 also online in the Gutenberg project
• In the forbidden land: an account of a journey into Tibet, capture by the Tibetan lamas and soldiers, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release brought about by Dr. Wilson and the political peshkar, Karak Sing-Pal. With the government inquiry and report and other official documents by J. Larkin, Esq., Deputed by the Government of India . With 1 Photogravure, & Colored Plates, 50 Full-page and about 250 Text Illustrations, and a Map from Surveys by the Author. In two volumes. Volume I. Publisher: Harper & Brothers New York; London 1899
• * In the forbidden land . Volume II. Volume two includes index. Publisher: Harper & Brothers New York; London 1899 also online in the Gutenberg project
• China and the allies . In Two Volumes. Volume 1. Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons 1901
• * China and the allies . In Two Volumes.Volume 2. Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons 1901
• Across coveted lands: or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . In two volumes. Vol. I. Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons New York, 1903
• * Across coveted lands . In two volumes. Vol. II. Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons New York, 1903 also online in the Gutenberg project
• The gems of the East; sixteen thousand miles of research travel among wild and tame tribes of enchanting islands . Publisher: Harper & brothers New York and London, 1904
• Tibet & Nepal painted and described . Publisher: A. & C. Black London, 1905
• The Living Races of Mankind (1905)
• Across widest Africa, an account of the country and people of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a twelve months' journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde . In two volumes. Vol. I. Publisher: Hurst & Blackett, London 1907
• * Across widest Africa ... . In two volumes. Vol. II. Publisher: Hurst & Blackett, London 1907
• To Explorer's Adventures in Tibet . Publisher: Harper & Bros. New York; London, 1910 also online in the Gutenberg project
• Across unknown South America . In two volumes. Vol. I Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1913
• * Across unknown South America . In two volumes. Vol. II Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1913 also online in the Gutenberg project
• Everywhere, the Memoirs of an Explorer (1924)
• The Adventures of an Explorer (1924)

The following were translated into German:

• In the Forbidden Land as On forbidden ways (1898) by FA Brockhaus
• Everywhere, the Memoirs of an Explorer as Der wilde Landor (1926) by FA Brockhaus

Web links

Commons : Arnold Henry Savage Landor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Arnold Henry Savage Landor in the catalog of the German National Library
• Online Books by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
• Books by Arnold Henry Savage Landor on the Internet Archive - online