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Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia: By Anthony Jenkinson and Other Englishmen
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia: By Anthony Jenkinson and Other Englishmen
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by E. Delmar Morgan
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Edited by C. H. Coote
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| Series | Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia 2 Volume Paperback Set |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:372 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Historical geography
Geographical discovery and exploration |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108010870
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| Classifications | Dewey:947.043 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
2 Maps; 1 Line drawings, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
2 December 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. The name of Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1610/11), the Elizabethan traveller and diplomat, is perhaps better known in Russia than in Britain. As agent for the Muscovy Company, he made four journeys to Russia to negotiate trade terms with Tsar Ivan IV ('Ivan the Terrible'), and travelled as far as Persia and the Caspian Sea. This two-volume work, published in 1886, contains an account of Jenkinson's journeys, and transcriptions of documents from the State Papers. The Victorian editors provided an introductory essay and explanatory notes.
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