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A Journal of Three Months' Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne : Introduction, Notes and Translation / Russell Harris, Marjan Afsharian, Jeremy Archer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Archer, Jeremy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A primary source on a journey to Persia by Captain John Compton Pyne in 1884 revealing the West's fascination with the Middle East in Victorian times. The book includes an introduction by the editors and a transcription of the manuscript with notes and the original illustrations, mainly watercolours. An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of orientalism and colonialism, and for historians.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2016 Front List Collection
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100444
- ISBN:
- 9789087282820
- OCLC:
- 1030819457
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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