The quest for forbidden lands Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks
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,...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Eurasian studies library
volume 10 |
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Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich
> Grąbczewski, Bronisław
> Pevcov, Michail Vasil'evič
> Roborovskij, Vsevolod I.
> Kozlov, Petr Kuzʹmič
> Prževalʹskij, Nikolaj Michajlovič
> Grum-Gržimajlo, Grigorij E.
> Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo
> Russkoe Geografičeskoe Obščestvo
> Geschichte
> Biographies / lcgft
> Explorers
> Forschungsreise
> Asia, Central
> Discovery and exploration
> Zentralasien
> Biografie
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 -- 1. Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839-1888) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- 2. Mikhail Vasil’ievich Pevtsov (1843-1902) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- 3. Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856-1910) / Alexander I. Andreyev -- 4. Petr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) / Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova -- 5. Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855-1926) / Mikhail K. Baskhanov -- 6. Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860-1936) / Tatiana I. Yusupova 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 392 Seiten 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789004303980 978-90-04-30398-0 |