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A journal of three months' walk in Persia in 1884 by John Compton Pyne : Introduction, Notes and Translation / edited by Russell Harris and Marjan Afsharian ; with contributions by Jeremy Archer
ContributorArcher, Jeremy
EditorAfsharian, Marjan ; Harris, Russell
PublishedLeiden : Leiden University Press, [2017]
Description1 Online-Ressource (LIII, 266 Seiten) : illustrations, figures, tables
LanguageEnglish
Document typeE-Book
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-93835 
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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 An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran anthropology area studies study of ‘orientalism’ and colonialism and for historians
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