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Travels in the Tian'-Shan' : 1856-1857
Puteshestvie v Ti︠a︡nʹ-Shanʹ. English
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Accompanied by only a serf servant, in May 1856, Semenov embarked on an 18-month journey from St Petersburg through Kazan' to Semipalatinsk, and thence via the Altai to the newly established Russia...
Accompanied by only a serf servant, in May 1856, Semenov embarked on an 18-month journey from St Petersburg through Kazan' to Semipalatinsk, and thence via the Altai to the newly established Russian settlement of Vernoe (later Alma-Ata, now Almaty). (Dust jacket).
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- Creator
- Petr Petrovich Semenov ; edited and annotated by Colin Thomas ; translated by Liudmila Gilmour, Colin Thomas and Marcus Wheeler
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- English
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- London : The Hakluyt Society, 1998
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- xliii, 269 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0904180603, 9780904180602
- OCLC
- ocm40167060
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxxix) and indexes.
- From Petersburg to Semipalatinsk -- First journey in the Tian'-Shan' -- Second journey in the Tian'-Shan' -- The heart of the Tian'-Shan'
Subjects
- Semenov-Ti︠a︡nʹ-Shanskiĭ, Petr, 1827-1914 -- Travel -- Tien Shan.
Семенов-Тянь-Шанский, Петр, 1827-1914 -- Travel -- Tien Shan.
- Tien Shan -- Description and travel.
- Mountains -- Asia, Central -- Description and travel.