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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Archer, Jeremy, author.
Contributor:
Harris, Russell, editor.
Afsharian, Marjan, editor.
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 An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of orientalism and colonialism, and for historians.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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