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100 1 _aBonvalot, Gabriel,
_d1853-1933
245 1 0 _aEn Asie centrale
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-12-05
508 _aLaurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"En Asie centrale : De Moscou en Bactriane" by Gabriel Bonvalot is a travel narrative written in the late 19th century. This work recounts the author’s extensive journey across central Asia, including regions like Russia, Siberia, and Turkestan, eventually reaching Bactria. Bonvalot, alongside his companion Capus, embarks on this adventure as scientific missionaries, collecting natural history specimens along the way, and offers detailed observations of the cultures and landscapes encountered during their travels. The opening of the narrative introduces the journey, beginning with their departure from Moscow and detailing their experiences as they navigate through various landscapes and cities like Nijni-Novogorod and Perm. The duo boards a riverboat named "Samolet" to travel down the Volga, providing insights into the diverse mix of travelers aboard, from merchants to soldiers. As Bonvalot describes their observations of the scenery, local customs, and the people they meet, he sets the stage for a vibrant exploration of life in the regions they traverse, aiming to capture both the geography and the essence of the nomadic and sedentary populations they encounter. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Plon, 1884
653 _aAsia, Central -- Description and travel
856 4 _uhttp://archive.org/details/enasiecentralede00bonv
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74841
999 _c115566
_d115566