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Etat : very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 120 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 120 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan.Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a twenty-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray.At age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide, this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedians adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence.Sometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that theres no other guidebook out there. (Shes looked.) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Albert Lippincott is a thirty-year veteran of the Nestor, New York, Post Office - a letter carrier extraordinaire, aggressively cheerful, obsessively efficient. But Albert has a few things to hide. His unfortunate habit, for instance, of reading other people's mail; his abortive university career, complete with a crackpot theory, a nervous breakdown and a thwarted attempt to bite out his professor's eye; a disastrous marriage, grotesquely self-absorbed parents and a sexually ambiguous entanglement with his melodramatic sister. And then there's his attempt to reform the postal system of Kazakhstan and his complicated relationship with his cats. And now his supervisors are on to his letter-opening compulsion, there's a throbbing pain under his left arm and he is finding it increasingly difficult to contain his emotions. Things are closing in on Albert, and he is forced to confront, once and for all, his life's failures. Albert Lippincott is a brilliant creation: flawed, damaged, but fiercely perceptive, and desperate to make meaning out of the mess of existence. He, and Lennon, hold us captive with a wild narrative voice fuelled by desperation and touched by madness. A blackly comic epic - a voyage through small-town America, and through the interior life of its most neurotic mailman. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Plongez dans l'univers captivant du Kazakhstan grace a notre guide qui vous propose un voyage immersif au coeur de l'Asie centrale. Dans Kazakhstan: tout ce que vous devez savoir, les lecteurs se lanceront dans une aventure textuelle, explorant la diversite des paysages, le riche patrimoine et l'avenir prometteur de ce pays fascinant. Ce guide offre une multitude d'informations uniques, tissant habilement des recits historiques, des anecdotes culturelles et des perspectives d'avenir pour brosser un portrait vivant du passe, du present et de l'avenir du Kazakhstan. Des anciens nomades qui parcouraient autrefois ses vastes steppes aux villes animees et aux communautes dynamiques d'aujourd'hui, chaque chapitre se penche sur un aspect different de l'identite multiforme du Kazakhstan. Les lecteurs decouvriront l'heritage nomade du pays, exploreront ses villes historiques et se plongeront dans sa societe moderne, acquerant une comprehension plus profonde de ses traditions, coutumes et valeurs. De l'emblematique cosmodrome de Baikonour aux festivals et celebrations colores qui definissent son calendrier culturel, chaque page est remplie de faits fascinants et d'histoires intrigantes qui transporteront les lecteurs au coeur du Kazakhstan.Ce guide textuel offre un apercu complet de l'histoire, de la culture et des perspectives d'avenir du Kazakhstan, ce qui en fait une lecture incontournable pour tous ceux qui s'interessent a cette nation dynamique et en evolution. Que vous soyez un voyageur aguerri, un explorateur curieux ou simplement un amoureux de l'histoire et de la culture, Kazakhstan: Tout ce que vous devez savoir promet d'etre une lecture instructive et enrichissante qui vous donnera envie d'en savoir plus sur ce pays captivant. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 237 pages: illustrations, map; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index. Contents:1. Waiting for Winter: The Ruins of Utopianism -- 2. Tatarstan: Getting Even After 440 Years -- 3. Kazakhstan: Rumor of the New Silk Road -- 4. Kyrgyzstan: The Silk Revolution, a Democratic Buddha of a President, and Three-Story Houses -- 5. Uzbekistan: Voyage to the Center of the World -- 6. Baku: City of Roses and Death, Bitten by the Wind.Subjects: Geyer, Georgie Anne 1935- Travel Asia, Central. Asia, Central Description and travel.Travel. Central AsiaGenre: Bibliography.Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

paperback. Esprit 1995. in-8. 245 pages. Esprit 1995. in-8. 245 pages. Nb de volume : 1. L'avenir du travail. Une autre politique économique ? Quand la croissance ne crée plus d'emplois. vers une société sans travail ? Métamorphoses de l'économie. Par Robert Boss, Daniel Cohen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Jean-Paul Marchand, Dominique Méda, Daniel Mothé, Bernard Perret - La Haine. Voyage au Kazakhstan, par Wanda Dressler et Claude Liscia. La trilogie romanesque de Manès Sperber. La sociologie de la misère, par Jean-Claude Monod - L'avenir de la négociation en Algérie. Sida : l'emballement. Le choc des municipales. La perversion du spirituel. Kusturica dans son souterrain.

Couverture souple. Etat : Comme neuf. Adelinaa (Illustré et entièrement écrit à la main par) (illustrateur). Très bel exemplaire, comme neuf. 188 pages. 17x24 cm. 620 gr. Résumé : Les dernières découvertes scientifiques sur les origines de la vie sur Terre ont bouleversé ce que nous pensions savoir. Après une longue phase dominée par le monde bactérien, tout a commencé il y a 2,1 milliards d'années, bien plus longtemps qu'on ne l'avait jamais imaginé, grâce à l'arrivée massive de l'oxygène sur notre planète. Ce livre nous amène dans un voyage à travers le temps, en compagnie des trois scientifiques passionnés qui ont réalisé deux découvertes majeures. D'abord en mettant à jour les plus vieux fossiles d'organismes multicellulaires et complexes, nos très lointains ancêtres ; puis en mettant en évidence les plus anciennes traces du mouvement d'organismes vivants sur notre planète. Un périple scientifique, du Gabon à l'Ukraine, superbement illustré par une étoile montante du dessin, Adelina Kulmakhanova. À propos des auteurs : Abderrazak El Albani et Alain Meunier sont professeurs de géologie à l'Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de l'université de Poitiers-CNRS ; Roberto Macchiarelli est professeur de paléoanthropologie et paléobiologie au Département Géosciences de l'université de Poitiers et chercheur au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Adelina Kulmakhanova, originaire du Kazakhstan, travaille en France au sein du collectif d'artistes Scorbut (Cabu, Cardon, Kerleroux ou Wozniak) et collabore notamment au Canard Enchaîné.

Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan.Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a twenty-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray.At age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide, this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedians adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence.Sometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that theres no other guidebook out there. (Shes looked.) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

cartonnage de l'éditeur, étui. Etat : assez bon. les villes et les régions décrites .constituent la quasi-totalité des objectifs touristiques accessibles aux voyageurs étrangers . (introduction), complet du supplément hors texte XXIIe Jeux olympiques, (un plan détaché) 773p + [1]f + 2 plans en couleurs hors texte, supplément XXIIe Jeux olympiques Moscou 1980 Cet ouvrage est disponible à la librairie. Merci de me contacter avant de vous déplacer 06 51 13 88 91. This book is available at the antiquarian bookstore.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce hardcover, vi + 136pp + 4 pages of glossy b&w plates, map endpapers, NOT ex-library. Interior is clean and bright, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Faint external marks on upper page edges. Gently shelfworn, unclipped and untorn dust jacket. -- In 1939, Barbara Porajska was nine-years-old, living in eastern Poland with her mother, her police chief father and her fourteen-year-old sister. Theirs was a comfortable, leisured life. Then, in September, while Poland was struggling against the German invaders from the west, the Red Army invaded from the east, occupying and annexing that part of her homeland. Her father missing, their possessions confiscated or stolen, she, her mother and her sister were transported like cattle, as were hundreds of thousands of Poles, deep into central Soviet Asia. This direct, simple and moving account of the hardships and deprivation they survived is an eloquent testimony to the abiding resilience of the Human Spirit. For two appalling years, courage and human kindness endured against the systematic cruelty of Stalin's Russia until, reunited as a family, they were able to leave the Soviet Union for a new life in a refugee village hacked out of the forests of Uganda in East Africa.

Editions Marcus - 2008 - Fort in-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 634 p. Bon état.

. In-12 reliure éditeur, maquette de Roman Cieslewicz. Cartes. Moscou, Leningrad, Kiev, Volgograd, Odessa et la Mer Noire, Caucase, Asie Centrale et Kazakhstan, transsibérien.

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paperback. Etat : New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date: 2013 Pages: 288 Language: Chinese in Publisher: Chinese and Western Book Shop my youth across Eurasia cyclists on the road: a youth legend wrote after dangerous! It is not just riding and adventure. but also related to the kind. trust. courage and perseverance. 23-year-old college student. Zheng Sheng graduation in order to dream. sitting on my bike across the Eurasian continent. from the Pacific to the Atlantic. from Shanghai to London! Blizzard all the way through the hot sun. loneliness and hunger. and crosses wading walking the desert in case of wolf looted were expelled after 136 days. through 11 countries. only spent 13.000 yuan to reach Big Ben in London. My youth on the road: the cyclists across Eurasia tells of the way knowledge and feelings. and from more than 8000 photos in the selection of an allocation into my youth on the road: across Eurasia cyclists in. Contents: Chapter dreams of youth (because he dared to dream of. so called youth! Sudden idea in the head of the shock. should also be feasible since been cycling around the world. that I ride across Eurasia . swept away the haze of mind. suddenly feel comfortable together.) the casual school suddenly the dream of making the road book the 24-year-old resignation plan Long March-sponsored twists and turns a bit panicked children old boy's confused blue Giant Kwan Man dispatch unbounded country last calm: a Miles bolted (suffered a moment let mountains and snow of the Blizzard. has also experienced the hardships of the hungry cold nights hurry. but they can not stop me bolted to 235 kilometers a day the Windrider pride.) departure: bon voyage Consequently. Bath City night forced diversion rooster a knife and fork the occasional Yellow River Xi'an joy and anger Qinling. Blizzard Tianshui arctic walked all the way bolted the number of aircraft in the desert Tianshan night riding spend the night in the smoke stew mouth this is my home port of Timbuktu the barren and warmth (the worst roads in Kazakhstan. the most beautiful memories also Kazakhstan carpet slept. slept in the sofa and slept bank here. I have disturbed transit entering the the Kazakhstan cycling case wolf bible menu water with the Heli & P warmest shelter tent prairie hail of pride in the Chinese people. Chinese Kongfu cold night vodka the police robbery phone downtime a away to death recently. also from the warmth of human nature recently.) RMB forever friend departure embarrassing Chapter patch of lonely virgin forest (in solitude riding. sleeping in the forest. from the cold wind and rain to the birch forest in the spring. returned from a difficult spend the night to the room rate. I in the eyes of Russia. all the way to ride all the way in change I wanted to stop. take your time. the) the difficult spend the night saber interview in Chelyabinsk CTC stolen that lonely virgin forest businessman Bai Yongsheng Lee Day suffered expulsion Rain Chapter continental only sick spring to the fairy tale of the ruble made of stone birch forest returned to southern Russia: Zhouyi Guo (from Asia to Europe. the road more and more perfect. more brilliant colors. taste more and more full-bodied. I feel the geographical beauty of three miles. carrying the dreams and obsessions of the road. leaving the scenery. brought back memories.) mileage zeroed Baltic wind I first no checkpoints lavender dream beautiful flowers and churches in Vilnius world mother's phone cute German police to take a stroll in Berlin looking the small urine Tong Shanliang Belgium at the the laughter of the country roads cherry tree is pay the price of the buffet cemetery overnight roadside animal Amsterdam the overnight accommodation bunny slope 12 euros charity night trailer walking France carrying baguettes tour Paris the trouble of British visa is not a battle to see Sarkozy Kai journey across the English Channel 14.623.2.

paperback. Etat : New. Pub Date :2008-04-01 Pages: 207 Publisher: Petroleum Industry Press. the book describes the meaning and historical background of the Sino-Kazakhstan crude oil pipeline construction. the panoramic documentary A the independence pipeline project as China's first connection with foreign pipeline construction and put into operation process. shows the elegance of the oil pipeline builders and construction units. Contents: Chapter bilateral high-level pro-Kai the Kazakh pipeline voyage. General Sec.

paperback. Etat : Good. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date :1987-09 Publisher: Flower City Publishing House Island of Death is a reflection the Volunteers prisoners of war novel of life; into a new historical period. the Bi Ye the creative passion spewing the 1980s. his most important The work is the novel The Island of Death. He took out a collection of 30 years of the Korean front-line interview notes. Chinese prisoners of war in prison camps in the struggle and sacrifice. sacrifice. died of illness. resolutely return to the motherland last only 6.000 people. But their fate is unfortunate. returning home after being expelled from the three membership: dishonorably discharged from the party. group membership. Dispersed around Qiongshan out-of-the-way place. to fend for themselves. even during the Cultural Revolution a lot of people mutilated to death! Biye very sympathetic to their fate. if you do not write. uneasy. should also then captured the true face of the brothers. Thus. the three drafts. wrote the novel The Island of Death. The Bi Ye (1916 to 2008). formerly known as the yellow tide Yang. Guangdong Dabu County. was born in February 1916. at 6:30 on May 30th. 2008 in Wuhan Xiehe Hospital. passed away at the age of 92; famous modern writer. the Chinese Writers Association Honorary members; former the the Chengdu branch director of the China Federation of literary and art circles against the enemy Association. wilderness chief editor of the Loads of the University College of the Arts in the North. North China University of literary College teachers. joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1980; founding of New China. successive Central creative member of the Institute of Literature. Chinese Writers Association. the fourth director and vice chairman of the Hubei branch. in February 2008. Bi Ye Hubei Provincial Government granted the honorary title of Lifetime Achievement artists. He published novels Our strength is invincible. sunny according Tianshan . Danfengchaoyang situation over Castle Peak . Sunny according Tianshan . a collection of essays Moon Lake . happiness . July the Tianshan . Ranch in Kazakhstan. distant greetings representative frontier style. with a short collection of short stories living. the story of the mountain. Tianshan scene in mind and fertile land. slaves floral. blue sea. wind sand Love. our strength Invincible . steel artery ranch in Kazakh. sunny according to the Tianshan. frontier style. the situation over Castle Peak. Danfengchaoyang. blue voyage. Zhuxi Mondsee. footprints of the trekkers. Bi Ye Collection Volume 4; novel fertile land to describe rural life line; the novella slaves floral is a description of the liberation of slum life after the change; reportage Northern Wilderness depicts the guerrilla fighters fighting life. Lengthy sunny according Tianshan is a description of the lives of the people of the new reins. the lengthy Danfengchaoyang is a description of the water conservancy construction. Collection of essays. The situation over Castle Peak is the description of the mountain people of northwest Hubei life. Collection of essays. Moon Lake is a description of the life of the people of the Jianghan Plain. The trekkers footprints wrote Biye comrades literary creative process.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -En septembre 1939, Mordehaï Szwarcblik, âgé de 2 ans, quitte Varsovie avec ses parents. Son père s'engage dans l'Armée rouge, sa mère meurt en 1942. Son voyage le conduit, au coeur du conflit mondial, de Moscou au Kazakhstan, puis de Jérusalem à Paris. Rapatrié à Varsovie à la fin de la guerre, il est pris en charge par une organisation sioniste qui l'envoie à Haïfa en Palestine. À 12 ans, il s'adresse aux autorités israéliennes pour rechercher sa famille. Incroyable : son père vit à Paris ! Une nouvelle vie commence alors, celle de Michel Sablic. 250 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Conjuring images of nomadic horsemen, spectacular monuments, breathtaking scenery and crippling poverty, Central Asia remains an enigma. Home to the descendants of Jenghiz Khan's Great Horde, in the nineteenth century the once powerful Silk Road states became a pawn in the 'Great Game' of expansion and espionage between Britain and Russia, disappearing behind what would become known as the 'Iron Curtain'. With the collapse of the USSR, the nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were born. Since independence, Central Asia has seen one civil war, two revolutions and seven dictators. An insightful mix of travel, history and reportage, in Does it Yurt journalist Stephen M. Bland takes the reader on a voyage of discovery. Travelling to a desert sea, a collapsed Russian gas rig daubed the 'Gate to Hell' and along the 'Heroin highway' atop the roof of the world, the author sets out to explore these lands, unearthing the stories of the people and places behind this fascinating region. Written sharply, vividly? If you're looking for an antidote to chirpy travel-guide descriptions of Central Asia, then this is the book for you.' - Sam Tranum, author of Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age. 'Packed with insights into every corner of the region.' - Paul Wilson, Trailblazer Guides writer and author of The Alphabet Game. 'Weaves together my favourite elements of a travelogue: historical context and current observations mixed with a dry sense of humour and amusing anecdotes. Does it Yurt will result in my journey to Central Asia being that much more rewarding.' - Ric Gazarian, author of 7000KM To Go and Hit the Road India; top 500 travel blogger. 'Stephen M. Bland's writing captures the magical whirlwind flavour of Central Asia in this very perceptive and insightful book. Those who have visited this wonderful part of the world will instantly recognise and reminisce on the many stories of potholed journeys by shared taxi, generous encounters with friendly locals and the inevitable run-ins with bumbling bureaucracy. Those who haven't yet visited will be inspired to book their next adventure as soon as they can put the book down. A thrilling ride from start to finish.' - Nick Rowan, author of Friendly Steppes: A Silk Road Journey 'Deserves to be shared among friends, as well as having a designated place on your shelves. Stephen M. Bland succeeds in bringing the region alive, and his story is an interesting and hard-to-decline invitation to join in his travels.' - Eugenette Morin, writer.

Good. Marginal mend just impacting border on the right; some creases. Else very good. Size 11.25 x 13.5 Inches. This is a 1740 Italian edition of Isaac Tirion's map of Tartary, or Russia in Asia. This is one of the few obtainable derivative maps to be based upon the little-known but groundbreaking cartography of Phillip Johann von Strahlenberg, created while he was a prisoner in Tobolsk. The Source Tirion's work, presented as 'drawn from the latest observations,' has often been ascribed, likely in error, to Guillaume De l'Isle. This map does not at all resemble De l'Isle's map of the same area. Rather, Tirion's 1732 original was indeed drawn from the truly state-of-the-art 1730 map of Phillip Johann von Strahlenberg. A cursory comparison between this map, those of De l'Isle, and the 1730 Strahlenberg makes the connection plain, on the strength of its depiction of the north and east coastlines. The shared detail of the Mare/Lacus Kamischnor (probably the wetlands of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) and the identical treatment of Lake Baikal on both maps confirms the connection. Tirion's choice of source was wise: Strahlenberg's 1730 map was the largest, most groundbreaking, and unique map of Russia to appear in the first half of the 18th century. Its presentation of a potential Northeast Passage, and its pre-Bering mapping of the Bering Strait made it among the most compelling works of the mapping of Asian Russia. Strahlenberg's enforced proximity to his subject (owing to his decades as a prisoner of war in Tobolsk) made his work all the more authoritative, improving sharply on the work of the area produced in the 17th century by Witsen, and the early 18th-century efforts of De l'Isle. The Dezhnev Anomaly or Witsen's Peninsula Nicolas Witsen's mapping does not disappear in Strahlenberg's work; for example, Witsen's Peninsula - here named ' Capo Suetoinos ' - can be seen extending from Siberia's northeastern coast just south of the Kolyma River. The Mysterious Island of Puchochotski One of the hallmarks of the Strahlenberg map appearing here is Puchochotski Island - the crescent shaped island at the easternmost extreme of this map. This island is mapped on only a few obscure Russian manuscripts of the early eighteenth century and was probably related to the discoveries of Petr Popov, who was sent from Anadyrsk to explore the Chukchi Peninsula in 1711. Popov returned with indigenous reports of a large island one day's voyage east of the Peninsula - without question representing Chukchi knowledge of the Behring Strait and Alaska: thus - Puchochotski Island is actually one of the first depictions of Alaska, based on native report. An Unsung Map Leo Bagrow had lamented in Imago Mundi that: It is to be regretted that Strahlenberg's map has so far not been studied to any large extent. After Remezov, it is the second most important source of historical geographical information about Siberia. Yet it did not have a great influence on maps of the following period and, in a way, stands apart. And yet, here in Tirion's map and its Italian copy, is evidence that Strahlenberg's cartography was in fact disseminated and presented as 'the latest observations,' albeit failing to apply the long-suffering Strahlenberg's name to any of it. Publication History and Census This map was composed and first printed by Isaac Tirion in 1732. The present copy was engraved in Venice for inclusion in Giambatista Albrizzi's 1740 Atlante Novissimo, Che Contiene Tutte Le Parti Del Mondo. We see one example of the separate map in OCLC. The Atlante is well represented in institutional collections. References: OCLC 638249688 (miscataloged as De l'Isle).

Very good. Some water staining and creases, else an attractive example with original outline color. Size 14 x 18.5 Inches. This is Carl Ritter and Heinrich Mahlmann's 1839 map of the Altay region of central Asia. This map was compiled at a time when Europeans knew little of this region, but compiles the tracks of European explorers who, between 1771 and 1829, explored the mountainous region. It represents a revolutionary amalgam of explorers' accounts and speculation expounded through the lens of Ritter's German Romantic theories of the Earth as a 'cosmic individual'. A Closer Look Coverage embraces an area incorporating primarily modern-day Altai Krai and the western part of the Altai Republic. Kazakhstan lies to the southwest. The map notes the borders of the Russian and Chinese Empires, as well as the administrative regions of Kolyvan, Barnaul, Kuznetsovo, Charysh, and Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen, in Kazakhstan.) The map is a dense amalgam of the accounts of the mainly German and Russian explorers and naturalists who had ventured into this tenuously understood and hitherto poorly mapped region. Its detail ranges from post roads, cities, fortresses, and other defenses to remote, outposts, villages, mines, factories, yurts, and even abandoned villages. The cartographers were assiduous in naming their sources, which appear in a table, along with voyage dates, in the upper right. That being said, the exceptional density of cartographic information presented belies the fact that this region was then only tenuously understood and poorly mapped. Publication History and Census This map was compiled by Carl Ritter and Heinrich Mahlmann. It was engraved by Mahlmann and published by Carl Ritter and Franz August von Etzel. It is extremely scarce, with no history on the market. We do see examples at the David Rumsey Collection, the University of Milwaukee, the British Library, Utrecht University, and Leiden University. References: OCLC 1123112491. Rumsey 7925.012.

Very good. Slight toning due to fold metric. Size 37.5 x 42.25 Inches. This is an impressive large scale 1873 Russian-language map of central Asia compiled by the Imperial Russian Topographic Depot for the 1873 Invasion of Khiva - with manuscript annotations detailing a British spy's travels. Coverage extends from the Black Sea to Nepal, and the Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal. The area covered includes the Caspian and Aral Seas, the Persian Gulf, and the modern-day Central Asian nations of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as parts of Russia, China, and northern India. As such, the map captures the peak of Russian expansionism in Central Asia - highlighting the region that became Russian Turkestan and later Soviet Central Asia. A Spy's Voyage in Manuscript The map chronicles a voyage in red and brown manuscript from Saratov (СаÑаÑоР) to Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent, with a detour to the Amu Darya or Oxus River. Based upon the manuscript notes, which are in English, we can assume that the traveler was a native English-Speaker, but well connected with Russian authorities and likely fluent in Russian. Distances between points are marked in Versts, a now obsolete Russian measurement roughly equivalent to a kilometer. Our mysterious traveler began his voyage at Saratov, from 1870 the last stop on the Ryazan-Ural Railroad. From Saratov he traveled south, hitting the north shore of the Caspian Sea near Astrakhan before orienting southeast, skirting the western shore of the Aral Sea, from which point he follows the Amu Darya River, bypassing Russian controlled Khiva, striking instead for Bukhara. He moves eastward from Bukhara to Samarkand, taking a southernly detour to the Amu Darya, reaching the river near Termez, at the border with British controlled Afghanistan, before returning to his route and heading east to Samarkand and from thence northeast to Jizzakh and Tashkent. We have been unable to correlate this journey with any known voyage, but very few English speakers traveled through this region in the 1870s. The voyage marked here somewhat (but not exactly) matches they travels of Eugene Schuyler (1840 - 1890). Schuyler was an American diplomat serving the American legation at Saint Petersburg. He received a special dispensation from Russian authorities to visit newly conquered Central Asia. His 8-month voyage caused a sensation in Europe and America, documenting for the first time a world near-unknown to anyone except Russians, Persians, and the indigenous population. Accounts of Schuyler's travels were published by the National Geographic Society, but he also issued a long confidential report for the U.S. Department of State. The only other major 1870s voyage to this area by an English speaker was undertaken by American New York Herald reporter Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844 - 1878), who heard about the invasion of Khiva in St. Petersburg and, evading Russian authorities, crossed the deserts east of the Aral Sea in time to witness the fall of Khiva - during which he was embedded with Russian forces and sanctioned by the Russian General, Kaufmann. While the voyage depicted here is not that of Schuyler or MacGahan, the significance of both voyages underscores just how little known and visited this region was for English speakers. Instead of a well-publicized and sanctioned voyage like Schuyler's, or intrepid reporting like MacGahan, the travels marked here are of a more clandestine nature, representing British spycraft following the Russian seizure of Khiva in 1873 - which also led to the publication of this map, a major revision and advancement over the 1863 first edition. This explains why the traveler steered clear of Khiva, which would otherwise have been a natural stop. Spycraft also explains the curious detour to the Amu Darya River en route from Bukhara to Samarkand - the traveler was meeting with British agents in Afghanistan to pass on his reconnaissance before continuing on his mission. 1873 Invasion of Khiva The Invasion of Khiva was a power-play in the Great Game that consolidated Russian suzerainty over the entirety of Central Asia north of Persia and Afghanistan (North of the Atrak and Amu Darya/Oxus Rivers). Subjugating Khiva was no minor challenge - Russia met with failure in two prior invasions. The city, located in a desert oasis some 200 miles south of the Aral Sea, had strong natural defenses. To assure troop movements and maintain logistical channels, Russian forces spent 3 years meticulously mapping approaches to Khiva before launching their campaign. When Russia finally invaded, five separate armies marched simultaneously, two from the east, and three from the west, consisting of some 12,000 soldiers in total. The armies converged at Khiva on June 7, 1873 and, after minimal fighting, the city surrendered on June 10. The successful conquest consolidated Russian power north of the Amu Darya or Oxus River. Turkmenistan, located to the south of the Amu Darya, fell 11 years later in 1884, securing Russian hegemony over the Trans-Caspian. The Great Game 'The Great Game' was a diplomatic confrontation between the British and Russian Empires over Afghanistan and other territories in Central and Southern Asia. The conflict, rooted in long-standing animosity between Russia and Britain, revolved around Afghanistan, which, while lacking significant resources of its own, was strategically situated. For its part, Russia feared Britain making commercial and military inroads into Central Asia, an area long within the sphere of influence of St. Petersburg. Britain, conversely, feared Russia making gains in India, 'the jewel in the crown' of British Asia. The escalating tensions led to several wars and proxy wars: the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842), the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845 - 1846), the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848 - 1849), and the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878 - 1880), along with the Russian annexa.

Buch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Jak est un photographe globe-trotter. Il voyage toujours avec son ami Bil, un oiseau qui, étonnamment, peut parler. Après les péripéties du Kazakhstan et du Gabon, Jak et Bil décident de prendre des vacances bien méritées en Ecosse, dans un ancien château au bord du Loch Ness. Le séjour se passe bien jusqu'au moment où leurs nuits sont interrompues par un fantôme qui les entraîne non seulement dans une nouvelle aventure mais aussi dans un projet écologique pernicieux. Jak et Bil réussiront-ils à stopper une affaire de chantage d'envergure européenne qui se développe dans les ruines d'un mystérieux château écossais Auront-ils le temps de profiter de la beauté du pays et de la richesse de sa culture.