The Quest for Forbidden Lands

The Quest for Forbidden Lands
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9789004376267
ISBN-13 : 9004376267
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Book Synopsis The Quest for Forbidden Lands by : Alexandre I. Andreyev

Download or read book The Quest for Forbidden Lands written by Alexandre I. Andreyev and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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