Armenia : a year at Erzeroom, and on the frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia / Robert Curzon ; introduced by Rudolf Abraham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armenia--Description and travel.

Armenia.

Armenia--History--1801-1900.

Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873--Travel--Armenia.

Curzon, Robert.

Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873--Homes and haunts--Turkey.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Cambridge Scholars, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Curzon's Armenia describes the author's residence at Erzerum, in Eastern Turkey, from 1843 to 1844. Appointed to the joint Anglo-Russian, Turkish and Persian commission whose task it was to establish a fixed Turkish-Persian boundary across highland Armenia, and thus check border incursions by Kurdish tribes, Curzon paints a detailed portrait of this fascinating area during the mid 19th century. Commencing Other a description of his journey via the Black Sea, Trebizond (Trabzon) and the mountai...

Contents:

INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; NOTES

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Previous ed.: John Murray, 1854.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-02952-5

9786612029523

1-4438-0082-1

OCLC:

821178899