AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
In the introduction, Zviagin explains that he decided to write an essay on Ethiopia based on his observations of the country, as only incomplete, fragmentary or untruthful information had circulated in Russia until then. Despite being primarily occupied with astronomical measurements […]
Zviagin K.S.: Essay on Modern Abyssinia. Personal Observations Read Post »
The book bears the subtitle “Overview of the Ethnographic and Anthropological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences (with twenty-six drawings from the photographs of K.K. Gil’tsen)”. In the introductory note, the author claims that the Ethnographic and Anthropological Museum is sadly virtually unknown to the public […]
Eliseev, A.V.: From the History of Culture. Essay Read Post »
The second volume of Eliseev’s travel notes is divided into thirty-two chapters, provided with illustrations by Nikolai Karazin and others. Chapters ten to seventeen are devoted to a trip through North Africa […]
Eliseev, A.V.: Around the World Read Post »
The author of these notes, presented in the form of an essay, asserts that the primary objective of this text is to represent contemporary Egypt […]
Veniukov, M.I.: Notes on Contemporary Egypt Read Post »
The book is equipped with 158 illustrations, 1 map and 1 portrait. It is organised in eleven chapters, preceded by an introduction from the editor. The introductory section claims that despite being born in Moscow, the late explorer Wilhelm Junker had to publish his extensive works – a product of his journeys to Africa and scientific endeavours – in Europe […]
Petri, E.Iu.: V.V. Junker’s Travels Through Africa Read Post »
The book is divided into two main parts, and it is accompanied by a map of the author’s journey. In the introduction, Komstadius raises questions about the purpose of a tourist’s journal or travel notes, asserting that his book aims to offer practical information, rather than literary content […]
Komstadius, N.N.: Notes of a Tourist Read Post »
The book is a collection of travel notes that were published in 1891 in the journal “Vestnik Evropy”, with the addition of some previously unpublished material. In the preface, the author confesses that, being drawn to the East, he had managed to convince two wealthy friends to visit Palestine and Egypt […]
Kartavtsev, E.E.: Through Egypt and Palestine. Travel Notes Read Post »
The book is part of the series The Lives of Remarkable People founded by Florentii Pavlenkov, and it is complemented by Stanely’s portrait and a geographic map of his travels. It is divided into five chapters (“Stanley’s Childhood and Youth,” “In Search of Livingston,” “Across Africa,” “Congo Free State,” “To the Aid of Emin Pasha”), and is supplemented with an author’s introduction and a list of bibliographical sources […]
Abramov, Ia.V.: Henry Morton Stanley. His Life, Travels, and Geographic Discoveries Read Post »
The book was part of the series The Lives of Remarkable People founded by Florentii Pavlenkov. It is divided into eleven chapters, and it covers the entire life of Livingstone […]
Koropchevskii, D.A.: D. Livingstone: Life, Travels and Geographical Discoveries Read Post »
The book is structured into two main parts: part one is dedicated to Constantinople and Greece, whereas part two is centred around Egypt. In the preface the author asserts that his travel notes are addressed at a broad audience […]