AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The volume consists of Brovtsyn’s dissertation, written in order to obtain the title of doctor of medicine. It is an anthropological study of the inhabitants of the Shewa province in Ethiopia, equipped with tables reporting measurements of men, women and children […]
The essay, which was presented before the members of the Kharkiv Medical Society in 1895, is an anthropological and anthropometric study of a group of twenty-two women from Dahomey, who arrived in Kharkiv […]
Favr, V.G.: Anthropological Notes on Dahomean Women 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 »
Upon the commission of the Orthodox Palestine Society, the author asserts undertaking a second expedition to the East to explore the Russian pilgrimage in the Holy Land. Starting from Palestine, the route extended through Greece, Italy, Sicily, and Malta, ultimately landing in Tripoli with the objective of visiting the Northern Sahara and the city of Gadames […]