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Siberian journey [electronic resource]
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| Title |
Siberian journey [electronic resource] : down the Amur to the Pacific, 1856-1857 / by Perry McDonough Collins edited with an introduction by Charles Vevier. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press |
| Creation Date |
2011 |
| Notes |
A new ed. of A voyage down the Amoor. Includes index. English |
| Content |
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Editors Note -- Preface to A Voyage Down the Amoor -- I. Departure for Siberia -- II. From Moscow to Nijne-Novgorod -- III. Nijne-Novgorod-The Great Fair -- VI. From Nijne to Ekaterinburg -- V. From Ekaterinburg to Omsk -- VI. From Omsk to Irkutsk -- VII. Irkutsk -- VIII. From Irkutsk to Kyachta -- IX. Kyachta, Mai-Mat-Tschin, and the Feast of Lanterns -- X. A Russian Dinner -- XI. From Irkutsk to Petrovskey -- XII. From Petrovskey to Verchne-Udinsk -- XIII. From Verchne-Udinsk to Chetah -- XIV. A Visit to the Mines of Nerchinsk -- XV. The Silver Mines of Zarentunskie -- XVI. The Cossacks of the Argoon -- XVII. The Gold Mines of the Onon -- XVIII. Passage of Mount Bornorskoy -- XIX. Residence at Chetah -- XX. A Wild-Goose Chase -- XXI..Departure from Chetah -- XXII. Down the Ingodah -- XXIII. A Mineral Spring -- XXIV. From Bankin to Schilkah -- XXV. From Schilkah to Ouse-Cherney -- XXVI. From Russian into Chinese Waters -- XXVII. First View of the Amoor -- XXVIII. From Ouse-Strelkah to Albasin -- XXIX. On the River -- XXX. A Mangoon Camp -- XXXI. Manchoo Visitors -- XXXII. A Manchoo Guard-Boat -- XXXIII. Arrival at Igoon -- XXXIV. Manchoo Spies -- XXXV. A Manchoo Village -- XXXVI. A Tartar Beauty -- XXXVII. Manchoo Junks -- XXXVIII. The Songahree -- XXXIX. Russian Progress -- XL. Floating Along -- XLI .The Navigation -- XLII. Native Villages -- XLIII .The Hongahree -- XLIV. A Goldee Village -- XLV. Female Sailors -- XLVI. A Night of Danger -- XLVII. Ancient Monuments -- XLVIII. Arrival at Nikolaivsky -- XLIX.Nikolaivsky -- L. American Residents -- LI. Character of the Amoor Country -- LII. Natives on the Amoor -- LIII. Trade and Resources of Siberia -- LIV. Voyage to Japan -- LV. Hakodadi -- LVI. To Kamschatka -- LVII. Stay at Petropaulosky -- A Note on the Sources -- Index -- ILLUSTRATIONS. Perry McDonough Collins -- Ancient Tartar Monument Facing page -- MAPS -- Northern Asia and the Pacific Coast of the United States -- Province of Trans-Baikal -- Amoor River. |
| Extent |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010719280105171 |
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