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Book/Printed Material A journal of three months' walk in Persia in 1884

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Title

  • A journal of three months' walk in Persia in 1884

Summary

  • In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming water-colour illustrations. The authors' introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persianate influence in British culture, and the general cultural background of late Victorian Britain is presented as the subliminal driver behind a young man's desire to explore, and illustrate, an already discovered country - Persia.

Names

  • Afsharian, Marjan, editor.
  • Archer, Jeremy, contributor.
  • Harris, Russell, editor.

Created / Published

  • Leiden : Leiden University Press [2017]
  • ©2017

Headings

  • -  Pyne, John Compton,--1857-1893--Travel
  • -  1794-1925
  • -  Travel
  • -  Iran--Description and travel--19th century
  • -  Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925--Personal narratives
  • -  Iran

Genre

  • History
  • Personal narratives

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (liii, 266 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G530.P966

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667829

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Archer, Jeremy, Contributor. A journal of three months' walk in Persia in. editeds by Afsharian, Marjan, and Harris, Russell [Leiden: Leiden University Press ©, 2017] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019667829/.

APA citation style:

Archer, J., Afsharian, M. & Harris, R., eds. (2017) A journal of three months' walk in Persia in. [Leiden: Leiden University Press ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019667829/.

MLA citation style:

Archer, Jeremy, Contributor. A journal of three months' walk in Persia in. ed by Afsharian, Marjan, and Harris, Russell [Leiden: Leiden University Press ©, 2017] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019667829/>.