| spelling |
oapen-20.500.12657-577812023-03-21T11:06:41Z A Journey to Inner Africa Kovalevsky, Egor Kovalevskīĭ, E. P. (Egor Petrovich), -- 1811-1868 -- Travel -- Africa. Kovalevskīĭ, E. P. (Egor Petrovich), -- 1811-1868 -- Travel -- Egypt. Russians -- Africa -- History -- 19th century. Mining engineering -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century. Africa -- History -- To 1884. Egypt -- History -- 1798- Russia -- Foreign relations -- Africa. Africa -- Foreign relations -- Russia. bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJQ History of other lands In 1847, Russian military engineer and diplomat Egor Petrovich Kovalevsky embarked on a journey through what is today Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, recording his impressions of a region in flux. Invited by Egyptian ruler Mohammed Ali to look for gold and construct mines in the area between the Blue and White Nile, Kovalevsky captured the social milieu of both elites and ordinary people as well as compiled a rich record of the Upper Nile’s climate and natural resources. A Journey to Inner Africa, masterfully translated into English for the first time by Anna Aslanyan, is both a tale of encounter between Russia and northern Africa and an important document in the history and development of the Russian imperial project. 2022-08-05T12:46:00Z 2022-08-05T12:46:00Z 2020 book ONIX_20220805_9781943208173_10 9781943208166 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57781 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781943208173.pdf 9781943208173.epub Amherst College Press Amherst College Press 10.3998/mpub.12093663 10.3998/mpub.12093663 bd61c84b-c01e-472d-a7b1-a72ad38700ed 9781943208166 Amherst College Press 326 open access
|
| description |
In 1847, Russian military engineer and diplomat Egor Petrovich Kovalevsky embarked on a journey through what is today Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, recording his impressions of a region in flux. Invited by Egyptian ruler Mohammed Ali to look for gold and construct mines in the area between the Blue and White Nile, Kovalevsky captured the social milieu of both elites and ordinary people as well as compiled a rich record of the Upper Nile’s climate and natural resources. A Journey to Inner Africa, masterfully translated into English for the first time by Anna Aslanyan, is both a tale of encounter between Russia and northern Africa and an important document in the history and development of the Russian imperial project.
|
