Format:
XVIII, 392 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9789004303980
Series Statement:
Eurasian studies library volume 10
Content:
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
Content:
Introduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region / Alexander I. Andreyev -- A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the 'Forbidden Lands' (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century) -- The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia -- The IRGO - War Ministry Cooperation. The 'Epic Era' of Przhevalskii's Expeditions -- Exploration and the Great Game -- Ethnographic Research and the 'Imperial Visions' -- The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead -- Some Concluding Remarks -- Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839-1888) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- Mikhail Vasil'ievich Pevtsov (1843-1902) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856-1910) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) / Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova -- Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855-1926) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860-1936) / Tatiana I. Yusupova
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004376267
Language:
English
Keywords:
Prževalʹskij, Nikolaj Michajlovič 1839-1888
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Roborovskij, Vsevolod I. 1856-1910
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Pevcov, Michail Vasil'evič 1843-1902
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Kozlov, Petr Kuzʹmič 1863-1935
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Grum-Gržimajlo, Grigorij E. 1860-1936
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Grąbczewski, Bronisław 1855-1926
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Russkoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo
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Zentralasien
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Forschungsreise
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Geschichte
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Prževalʹskij, Nikolaj Michajlovič 1839-1888
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