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The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks
- Title
- The quest for forbidden lands : Nikolai Przhevalskii and his followers on Inner Asian tracks / by Alexandre Andreyev, Mikhail Baskhanov, Tatiana Yusupova.
- Author
- Andreev, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich)
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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- Description
- xviii, 392 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Eurasian studies library : history, societies & cultures in Eurasia ; volume 10
- Uniform Title
- Eurasian studies library ; v. 10.
- Subject
- Przhevalʹskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1839-1888
- Grąbczewski, Bronisław 1855-1926
- Kozlov, Petr Kuzʹmič 1863-1935
- Prževalʹskij, Nikolaj Michajlovič 1839-1888
- Roborovskij, Vsevolod I. 1856-1910
- Imperatorskoe russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo
- Explorers > Russia > Biography
- Explorers > Asia, Central > Biography
- Discoveries in geography > Russian
- Explorers
- Entdecker
- Forschungsreisender
- Russen
- Asia, Central > Discovery and exploration > Russian
- Central Asia
- Russia
- Zentralasien
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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
- ISBN
- 9789004303980
- 9004303987
- 9789004376267 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018026232
- 40028528118
- OCLC
- on1041902456
- 1041902456
- SCSB-9632284
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library