Siberian journey [[electronic resource] ] : down the Amur to the Pacific, 1856-1857 / / by Perry McDonough Collins ; edited with an introduction by Charles Vevier

• Autore: Collins Perry McDonough <1813-1900.>
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Soggetto geografico: Siberia (Russia) Description and travel
• Altri autori: VevierCharles
• Note generali: A new ed. of A voyage down the Amoor.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Siberian journey
• ISBN: 1-283-48586-9; 9786613485861; 0-299-02673-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824580603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II