The quest for forbidden lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks

The Quest for Forbidden Lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks is a collection of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, Nikolai Przhevalskii, Vsevolod Roborovskii, Mikhail Pevtsov, Petr Kozlov...

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Hauptverfasser: Andreev, Aleksandr Ivanovič 1949- (VerfasserIn), Baschanov, Michail Kazbekovič 1962- (VerfasserIn), Jusupova, Tatʹjana Ivanovna (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Eurasian studies library volume 10
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Zusammenfassung:The Quest for Forbidden Lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks is a collection of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, Nikolai Przhevalskii, Vsevolod Roborovskii, Mikhail Pevtsov, Petr Kozlov, Grigorii Grumm-Grzhimailo and Bronislav Grombchevskii, almost all senior army officers. Their expeditions were organized by the Imperial Russian Geographical Society with some assistance from the military department with a view of exploring and mapping the vast uncharted territories of Inner Asia, being the Western periphery of the Manchu-Chinese Empire. The journeys of these pioneers were a great success and gained world renown for their many discoveries and the valuable collections they brought from the region
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:392 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9789004303980

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