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Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia 2 Volume Set - William F. Ainsworth

Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia 2 Volume Set

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806 Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-08100-9 (ISBN)
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Following the Euphrates Expedition of 1835, the surgeon William Ainsworth (1807–96) was made leader of a second expedition through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, of which this two-volume account was published in 1842.
The surgeon William Ainsworth (1807–96) acted as the geologist of the 1835 Euphrates Expedition, his account of which is also reissued in this series. Great interest was aroused by the scientific and archaeological findings of that journey, and the Royal Geographical Society helped to fund a further expedition, ostensibly to make contact with the Nestorian Christians of the region, but covertly to make further mineralogical investigations. Ainsworth was the leader of the expedition, and his two-volume account was published in 1842. Starting from Istanbul in 1839, he took a route through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, returning to Istanbul in 1840. The expedition was not regarded as a success, as Ainsworth had massively overspent the budget originally allotted by the sponsors, and his secret activities were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, but the work remains a vivid account of the area.

Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Suburb of Constantinople; 2. Ismid; 3. The hero's stone; 4. The hollow rock; 5. Upland of Iflani; 6. Virgin's castle; 7. Town of Osmanjik; 8. Town of Changri; 9. A French instructor of cavalry; 10. Quit Angora; 11. Deserted mines and foxes; 12. Utch Ayak; 13. Christians of Nev Shehr; 14. Koch Hisar; 15. Iron village; 16. Kaiseriyeh; 17. Viran Shehr; 18. Start from Derendah; 19. Passage of the Taurus; 20. Vale of Gergen Kafehsi; 21. Retrospective; 22. Town of Birehjik; 23. Prisoners of water; 24. Position of the Turks turned by the enemy; 25. Line of retreat. Volume 2: 26. Roads rendered dangerous by the revolted Kurds; 27. Journey from Sivas to Tokat; 28. Start from Amasiyeh; 29. Delay at Constantinople; 30. Seyyid el Ghazi; 31. Misis, ancient Mopsuestia; 32. Journey across northern Mesopotamia; 33. City of Mosul; 34. Start for Al Hadhr; 35. Reception by the Shammar Arabs; 36. Start for Kurdistan; 37. Fortress of Amadiyeh; 38. Approach to the Tiyari country; 39. Berdizawi; 40. The Chaldeans as a nation; 41. Chaldeans not papists; 42. Start from Julamerik; 43. Start from Urimiyeh; 44. Town of Rowandiz; 45. Chaldean village of Al Kosh; 46. Castle of Konakti; 47. Collision with the Kurds; 48. Armenians of the district of Mush; 49. City of Erzrum.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.6.2016
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Zusatzinfo 1 Maps
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 141 x 216 mm
Gewicht 1100 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Naher Osten
Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
ISBN-10 1-108-08100-2 / 1108081002
ISBN-13 978-1-108-08100-9 / 9781108081009
Zustand Neuware
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