{"product_id":"the-quest-for-forbidden-lands-nikolai-przhevalskii-and-his-followers-on-inner-asian-tracks-9789004303980","title":"The Quest for Forbidden Lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[...] an extremely useful introduction to the broader place of Przhevalskii’s explorations [...] The Quest for Forbidden Lands admirably succeeds in its stated mission of introducing to a wider audience the influence of Przhevalskii on the expeditions of a range of scientists and geographers, while simultaneously placing his expeditions in a greater context. Seven maps of expeditions, along with countless pertinent drawings and photographs, richly enhance this volume.\" - Helen Hundley, Wichita State University, in: The Russian Review 78.2 (2019), p.340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents    Preface   Andreyev, M. Baskhanov, T. Yusupova  Acknowledgements   Alexander Andreyev, Tatiana Yusupova  List of Illustrations  A Note on Transliteration, Terminology and Dates  List of Abbreviations    Introduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown:  The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region   Alexander I. Andreyev   1 A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the ‘Forbidden Lands’ (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century)   2 The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia   3 The IRGO – War Ministry Cooperation. The ‘Epic Era’ of Przhevalskii’s Expeditions    4 Exploration and the Great Game    5 Ethnographic Research and the ‘Imperial Visions’    6 The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead   7 Some Concluding Remarks  1 Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839–1888)   Alexander I. Andreyev  2 Mikhail Vasil’ievich Pevtsov (1843–1902)   Mikhail K. Baskhanov  3 Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856–1910)   Alexander I. Andreyev  4 Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863–1935)   Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova  5 Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855–1926)   Mikhail K. Baskhanov  6 Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860–1936)   Tatiana I. Yusupova    Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210675806551,"sku":"9789004303980","price":139.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-quest-for-forbidden-lands-nikolai-przhevalskii-and-his-followers-on-inner-asian-tracks-9789004303980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}