AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book includes five illustrations and tells the fictional story of a traveller’s journey to the Sahara desert. The tone is informative and aimed at children; the narrator depicts the harsh conditions of the desert, its climate […]
Vakhterova, E.O.: Across the Desert. Story of a Traveller Read Post »
The volume is divided into six chapters. The first one is dedicated to the Europeans’ encounters with Africa and their explorations of the continent; particular attention is paid to Livingstone, Stanley and Emin Pasha […]
Pimenova, E.K.: African Nature and Peoples Read Post »
The book is a detailed memoirs of Bulatovich’s participation in the expedition led by Ras Welde Giyorgis (1851-1918) to the newly acquired region of Kaffa and further south to Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana). The fact that these territories were largely unexplored was the main reason for Bulatovich’s interest […]
The book is an adapted Russian translation of In Savage Africa: Or, Six Years of Adventure in Congo-Land by Edward James Glave (1892) […]
These travel notes are a recollection of Petr Krasnov’s journey through Ethiopia in 1897-1898, as part of the Russian diplomatic mission. Krasnov and twenty other Cossacks were tasked with safeguarding the other members of the expedition.
Krasnov, P.N.: The Cossacks in Abyssinia Read Post »
The book is a historical, political, economical and social overview of South Africa. It is supplemented with 67 illustrations of cities, landscapes, and people of the country. The book opens by recounting a community of Dutch people residing in an English colony, who opt to relocate to a more remote region in Africa […]
Korsakov, N.: Transvaal and Its Wealth Read Post »
Mikhail Bernov’s travel notes include the author’s portrait, biography, and fifty-two photographs. The book is divided into two main parts: the first part focuses on Spain, while the second, comprising fourteen chapters, combines travel notes about Algiers and the Sahara desert. […]
Bernov, M.A.: Spain, Algeria, and the Sahara Read Post »
The volume, consisting of 19 chapters, is a military account of the war between Ethiopia and Italy in 1895-1896, often providing information on international relations. Though it is mainly based on Nikolai Leont’ev’s documents gathered during his permanence in Ethiopia, in the preface the author declares that he has also made use of Italian sources. […]
The book is divided into four chapters and includes photographic illustrations by G.V. Bobin, along with an author’s introduction. In the introductory note, the author clarifies that this book focuses solely on Bulatovich’s 1896 trip to Ethiopia from a sporting perspective, without mentioning the reasons behind Bulatovich’s mission to Harar or the role assigned to him […]
Krindach, F.: A Russian Cavalryman in Abyssinia: from Djibouti to Harar Read Post »
The book features thirty-two illustrations of African landscapes and people. It is divided into nineteen chapters, prefaced by the author’s introduction and an initial overview of the journey’s circumstances. Chapters One to Nine report travelling around Europe, focusing on Warsaw, Vienna, the Austrian Alps, Italy, Venice, Italian Switzerland, and Marseille. Chapters Ten to Seventeen are devoted to African cities […]
Rutskii, P.G.: To the Oases of the Sahara and across Italy Read Post »