Kit Mayers follows English explorer Anthony Jenkinson’s path to the Orient in latest book
Described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt, OBE as 'a lively and carefully researched study', author Kit Mayers shares the story of the first English Explorer.
Author Kit Mayers has dedicated much of his time to investigating the travels of the first English explorer, Anthony Jenkinson. His extensive research has come together in his new book that details the adventures of Jenkinson, focussing particularly on his journeys to the Orient. His work has culminated in the release of his forthcoming book The First English Explorer.
“My own travels made me wonder how on earth he did it,” explains Kit. “It made me think about how Jenkinson travelled that far, and what he did know and what he did not know. He was amazingly successful despite all sorts of hazards.”
In 1557 Anthony Jenkinson was sent by the merchants of London to try to find an overland route right across Asia to Cathay and the riches of the Orient, setting off a year before Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne. His expedition to the east took place some twenty nine years earlier than the first English expedition to the west. As well as surviving storms, Jenkinson was faced with thieving, illness and several attacks by bandits, before eventually, by sheer persistence, reaching Bokhara, which is now in Uzbekistan. He had completed two thirds of the journey and had reached the ‘Silk Road’ that led to Cambaluc (Beijing), before finding that he could go no further because the route ahead was closed by continuous wars.
Copies of Kit Mayers' book, The First English Explorer, are available upon request from Matador.
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