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1847Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.Xavier Hommaire de Hell (1812–1848), with contributions by Adèle Hommaire de Hell

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.

Author: Xavier Hommaire de Hell (1812–1848), with contributions by Adèle Hommaire de Hell

Year: 1847

308 pages

Complete Monumental Edition (43 Chapters & Preface)
First EditionLondon: Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, 1847 (458 pp.)
ItineraryConstantinople — Odessa — Nikolaief — Olvia — Otshakof — Kherson — Iekaterinoslav — Dnieper Cataracts — Zaporozhian Sich — German Colonies — Mariupol — Berdiansk — Taganrog — Rostov — Azof — Novo Tcherkask — Don Cossack Territory — Volga — Astrakhan — Kalmuck Steppes — Caspian Shore — Kouma River — Georgief — Piatigorsk — Kislovodsk — Caucasian Line — Stavropol — Crimea (Balaclava, Sevastopol, Bagtche Serai, Simpheropol, Mangoup Kaleh, Aloupka, Ialta, Parthenit, Soudagh, Theodosia/Caffa, Kertch) — Bessarabia (Akkerman, Bender, Ismael, Khotin)
Textual BaseComplete unabridged original edition (Chapman and Hall 1847, 43 Chapters, Author's Preface and Concluding Engineering Note on Sevastopol Docks)
Historical NoteAwarded the Great Gold Medal of the French Geographical Society for geographical and geological discoveries in Southern Russia
Original languageEnglish
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Complete Unabridged Historical Edition in 6 Parts (43 Chapters and Author's Preface, London 1847) with Detailed Accounts of Odessa, the Don Cossacks, Kalmyk Steppes, Caucasus War, Crimea and Bessarabia