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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback): Frances Trollope Domestic Manners of the Americans (Paperback)
Frances Trollope; Edited by Elsie B. Michie
R363 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'it appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner' In Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope recounts her travels through America between 1827 and 1830, describing her voyage up the Mississippi from New Orleans, a two-year stay in Cincinnati, and a subsequent tour of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. A transatlantic best-seller on publication in 1832, its forthright criticisms of American manners encompassed spitting, religious extremism, ladies' dress, the relentless pursuit of money, and the unequal treatment of women, slaves, and Native Americans. Witty, satiric, and hugely entertaining, Trollope also had a serious purpose in warning her compatriots of the consequences of democratic freedoms at a time of great social change in England. Deploring slavery and the hypocrisy that sanctioned it, she fuelled abolitionist debate on both sides of the Atlantic and so impressed Mark Twain that fifty years later he considered her book to be the most accurate portrait of American life in the nineteenth century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The End of the Road - A Journey Around Britain in Search of the Dead (Hardcover): Jack Cooke The End of the Road - A Journey Around Britain in Search of the Dead (Hardcover)
Jack Cooke 1
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites. Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.

Chasing Apollo - Poems from Rome (Paperback): Leah Bailey Chasing Apollo - Poems from Rome (Paperback)
Leah Bailey
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre (Paperback): Carl... Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre (Paperback)
Carl Lumholtz
R1,547 Discovery Miles 15 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Carl Lumholtz (1851 1922) was a Norwegian ethnographer and explorer who, soon after publishing an influential study of Australian Aborigines (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), spent five years researching native peoples in Mexico. This two-volume work, published in 1903, describes his expeditions to remote parts of north-west Mexico, inspired by reports about indigenous peoples who lived in cliff dwellings along mountainsides. While in the US in 1890 on a lecture tour, Lumholtz was able to raise sufficient funds for the expedition. He arrived in Mexico City that summer, and after meeting the president, Porfirio D az, he set off with a team of scientists for the Sierra Madre del Norte mountains in the north-west of Mexico, to find the cave-dwelling Tarahumare Indians. Volume 1 covers the start of the expedition and Tarahumare life, etiquette and beliefs, as well as details of the natural history of this little-explored region.

Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre (Paperback): Carl... Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years' Exploration among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre (Paperback)
Carl Lumholtz
R1,545 Discovery Miles 15 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Carl Lumholtz (1851 1922) was a Norwegian ethnographer and explorer who, soon after publishing an influential study of Australian Aborigines (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), spent five years researching native peoples in Mexico. This two-volume work, published in 1903, describes his expeditions to remote parts of north-west Mexico, inspired by reports about indigenous peoples who lived in cliff dwellings along mountainsides. While in the US in 1890 on a lecture tour, Lumholtz was able to raise sufficient funds for the expedition. He arrived in Mexico City that summer, and after meeting the president, Porfirio D az, he set off with a team of scientists for the Sierra Madre del Norte mountains in the north-west of Mexico, to find the cave-dwelling Tarahumare Indians. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the neighbouring Huichols people, their daily life, and their religious practices, including shamanism.

First Footsteps in East Africa - Or, An Exploration of Harar (Paperback): Richard Burton First Footsteps in East Africa - Or, An Exploration of Harar (Paperback)
Richard Burton
R1,919 Discovery Miles 19 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sir Richard Burton (1821 1890), the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. In this book, first published in 1856, Burton recounts his travels to Harar, a city in East Africa notorious for its slave trade activity. His plan was a challenging one, as it was believed that no European had been there before; upon arrival he claimed to be an agent of the British government and presented himself to the ruler of Harar. Burton was allowed to spend ten days there, and his account give a fascinating glimpse into a then unknown city and culture.

Morocco and the Moors - Being an Account of Travels, with a General Description of the Country and its People (Paperback):... Morocco and the Moors - Being an Account of Travels, with a General Description of the Country and its People (Paperback)
Arthur Leared
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This travelogue by Dr Arthur Leared (1822 1879) follows his journey through Morocco during 1872, giving a comprehensive picture of the country and its people. At this time, Morocco was a French protectorate, ruled by the Alouite dynasty, comprising a mix of tribes, cultures, races and religions. Following Leared's route south, the geography, people, culture, legal and religious practices of Morocco are all explored thoroughly, with personal memories and anecdotes of daily life. As a physician and the inventor of the binaural stethoscope, Leared was interested in the advantages of the climate for treating respiratory diseases, particularly tuberculosis, and in native medical materials and practices. He subsequently became the physician at the Portuguese embassy, and planned the foundation of a sanatorium in Tangier. A vivid and balanced account of the country, as viewed from the stance of an objective traveller as the country began to open up to Europeans.

The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 2 - From the Ohio to the Vermillion (Paperback, new edition): Meriwether Lewis,... The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 2 - From the Ohio to the Vermillion (Paperback, new edition)
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark; Edited by Gary E. Moulton
R782 R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Save R57 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804-6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West.

This volume includes Lewis's and Clark's journals beginning in August 1803, when Lewis left Pittsburgh to join Clark farther down the Ohio River. The two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gathering information from travelers about the trip upriver. They started up the Missouri in May 1804. This volume ends in August, when the Corps of Discovery camped near the Vermillion River in present-day South Dakota.

The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 5 - Through the Rockies to the Cascades (Paperback, new edition): Meriwether... The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 5 - Through the Rockies to the Cascades (Paperback, new edition)
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark; Edited by Gary E. Moulton
R766 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R83 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804-6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West.

The late-summer and fall months of 1805 were the most difficult period of Lewis and Clark's journey. This volume documents their travels from the Three Forks of the Missouri River in present-day Montana to the Cascades of the Columbia River on today's Washington-Oregon border, including the expedition's progress over the rugged Bitterroot Mountains, along the nearly impenetrable Lolo Trail. Along the way, the explorers encounter Shoshones, Flatheads, Nez Perces, and other Indian tribes, some of whom had never before met white people.

The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 7 - From the Pacific to the Rockies (Paperback, new edition): Meriwether Lewis,... The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 7 - From the Pacific to the Rockies (Paperback, new edition)
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark; Edited by Gary E. Moulton
R758 R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804-6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West.

After a rainy winter, the Corps of Discovery turned homeward in March 1806 from Fort Clatsop on the mouth of the Columbia River. Detained by winter snows, they camped among the friendly Nez Perces in modern west-central Idaho. Lewis and Clark attended to sick Indians and continued their scientific observations while others in the party hunted and socialized with Native peoples.

Medieval Travel and Travelers - A Reader (Paperback): John Romano Medieval Travel and Travelers - A Reader (Paperback)
John Romano
R1,511 R1,335 Discovery Miles 13 350 Save R176 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people - and not only Marco Polo - were on the move for a variety of different reasons. Assuming no previous knowledge of medieval civilizations, this volume allows readers to experience the excitement of men and women who ventured into new lands. By addressing cross-cultural interaction, religion, and travel literature, the collection sheds light on how travel shaped the way we perceive the world, while also connecting history to the contemporary era of globalization. Including a mix of complete sources, excerpts, and images, Medieval Travel and Travelers provides readers with opportunities for further reflection on what medieval people expected to find in foreign locales, while sparking curiosity about undiscovered spaces and cultures.

A Short Residence in Sweden (Paperback): Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin A Short Residence in Sweden (Paperback)
Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin
R393 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century: A Short Residence in Sweden is the record of Wollstonecraft's last journey in search of happiness, into the remote and beautiful backwoods of Scandinavia. The quest for a lost treasure ship, the pain of a wrecked love affair, memories of the French Revolution, and the longing for some Golden Age, all shape this vivid narrative, which Richard Holmes argues is one of the neglected masterpieces of early English Romanticism.

Memoirs is Godwin's own account of Wollstonecraft's life, written with passionate intensity a few weeks after her tragic death. Casting aside literary convention, Godwin creates an intimate portrait of his wife, startling in its candour and psychological truth. Received with outrage by friends and critics alike, and virtually suppressed for a century, it can now be recognized as one of the landmarks in the development of modern biography.

Between Sea and Sahara - An Algerian Journal (Hardcover, 1): Eugene Fromentin Between Sea and Sahara - An Algerian Journal (Hardcover, 1)
Eugene Fromentin; Translated by Blake Robinson; Introduction by Valerie K. Orlando
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Between Sea and Sahara" gives us Algeria in the third decade of colonization. Written in the 1850s by the gifted painter and extraordinary writer Eugene Fromentin, the many-faceted work is travelogue, fiction, stylized memoir, and essay on art. Fromentin paints a compelling word picture of Algeria and its people, questioning France's--and his own--role there. He shows French dynamism tending to arrogance, tinged with malaise, as well as the complexity of the Algerians and their canny survival tactics. In his efforts to capture the non-Western world on paper as well as on canvas, Fromentin reveals much about the roots of a colonial relationship that continues to affect the Algeria of today. He also reveals his own development as painter, writer--and human being.
Now available for the first time in English, "Between Sea and Sahara" appeals to today's reader on many levels--as a story of color, romance, and dramatic tension; as an eyewitness account of the colonial experience in Algeria; as a study in trans-genre text, foreshadowing Fromentin's psychological masterpiece, the novel Dominique. And, as Valerie Orlando points out in her introduction, Fromentin opens a window on the ethos informing the fashion of Orientalism that flourished with colonialism.

The Sea and the Jungle - An Englishman in Amazonia (Paperback): H. M. Tomlinson The Sea and the Jungle - An Englishman in Amazonia (Paperback)
H. M. Tomlinson
R337 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Paperback, Revised edition): Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Paperback, Revised edition)
Henry David Thoreau; Edited by Carl F. Hovde, William L Howarth, Elizabeth Hall Witherell; Introduction by John McPhee
R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Henry D. Thoreau's classic "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is published now as a new paperback edition and includes an introduction by noted writer John McPhee. This work--unusual for its symbolism and structure, its criticism of Christian institutions, and its many-layered storytelling--was Thoreau's first published book.

In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. He wrote two drafts of this story at Walden Pond, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he arranged for its publication at his own expense. The book's heterodoxy and apparent formlessness troubled its contemporary audience. Modern readers, however, have come to see it as an appropriate predecessor to "Walden," with Thoreau's story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth.

The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Hugh Miller The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Hugh Miller; Introduction by Dr Michael A. Taylor; Notes by Dr Michael A. Taylor
R790 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R41 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This account shows the full range of Hugh Miller's interests - the lyrical description of the scenery and accounts of beautiful fossils show a deep affection for the Scottish landscape, while his role as a serious religious journalist and social crusader is highlighted in his discussions on the Disruption and the Highland Clearances.

Patrick Leigh Fermor - An Adventure (Paperback): Artemis Cooper Patrick Leigh Fermor - An Adventure (Paperback)
Artemis Cooper 1
R457 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary, and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water; he was a self-educated polymath, a lover of Greece and the best company in the world.

Artemis Cooper has drawn on years of interviews and conversations with Paddy and his closest friends as well as having complete access to his archives.

Her beautifully crafted biography portrays a man of extraordinary gifts - no one wore their learning so playfully, nor inspired such passionate friendship.

Perseus in the Wind - A Life of Travel (Paperback): Freya Stark Perseus in the Wind - A Life of Travel (Paperback)
Freya Stark
R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'She has written the best travel books of her generation and her name will survive as an artist in prose.' - The Observer Written just after the Second World War, Perseus in the Wind (named after the constellation) is perhaps the most personal, and haunting, of all Freya Stark's writings. She muses on the seasons, the effect light has on a landscape at a particular time of day, the smell of the earth after rain, Muslim saints, Indian temples, war and old age. Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme: happiness (simple pleasures, like her father's passion for the view from his cabin in Canada); education (to be able to command happiness, recognise beauty, value death, increase enjoyment); beauty (incongruous, flighty and elusive - a description of the stars, the burst of flowers in a park); death (a childhood awareness of the finality of time, the meaningfulness of the end); memory (the jewelled quality of literature, pleasure, love, an echo or a scent when aged by the passage of time). For those who have loved her travel writing, Perseus in the Wind illuminates the motivations behind Freya Stark's journeys and the woman behind the traveller.

In a Land Far from Home - a JM Journey (Paperback): Syed Mujtaba Ali In a Land Far from Home - a JM Journey (Paperback)
Syed Mujtaba Ali
R396 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TARAN KHAN, author of Shadow City TRANSLATED FROM BENGALI BY NAZES AFROZ An intrepid traveller and true cosmopolitan, legendary Bengali writer Syed Mujtaba Ali spent a year and a half teaching in Kabul from 1927 to 1929. Curious to explore Afghan society, Mujtaba Ali had access to a cross-section of Kabul's population, and in In a Land Far from Home he chronicles his experiences with a keen eye and a wicked sense of humour. Mujtaba Ali's travels coincided with a critical point in Afghanistan's history: when the reformist King Amanullah tried to steer his country towards modernity by encouraging education for girls and giving them the choice of removing the burqa. Branded a 'kafir', Amanullah was overthrown by the bandit leader Bacha-e-Saqao. With striking parallels to twenty-first century events in the region, In a Land Far From Home is the only first-hand account of this tumultuous period by a non-Afghan. Providing a unique perspective, Mujtaba Ali's fascinating account is brought to life by contact with a colourful cast of characters at all levels of society -- from the garrulous Pathan Dost Muhammed and the gentle Russian giant Bolshov, to his servant, Abdur Rahman and his partner in tennis, the Crown Prince Enayatullah.

Desert Soul - JM Journeys (Paperback): Isabelle Eberhardt Desert Soul - JM Journeys (Paperback)
Isabelle Eberhardt
R399 R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM ATKINS, author of The Immeasurable World 'I am merely an eccentric, a dreamer who wishes to live far from the civilized world, as a free nomad.' Isabelle Eberhardt's writing chronicles, in passionate prose, her travels in French colonial North Africa at the turn of the 20th century. Often dressed in male clothing and assuming a man's name, she worked as a war correspondent, married a Muslim non-commissioned officer, converted to Islam and survived an assassination attempt, all before dying in a flash flood at the age of 27. Desert Soul brings together her 'Wanderings' and 'The Daily Journals', detailing the ecstatic highs and the depressive lows of her short but unique and extraordinary life.

West of Arabia - A Journey Home (Paperback, 2nd New edition): West of Arabia - A Journey Home (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
R402 R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God, Gulliver, and Genocide - Barbarism and the European Imagination, 1492-1945 (Hardcover): Claude Rawson God, Gulliver, and Genocide - Barbarism and the European Imagination, 1492-1945 (Hardcover)
Claude Rawson
R3,447 Discovery Miles 34 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We are obsessed with 'barbarians'. They are the 'not us', who don't speak our language, or 'any language', whom we depise, fear, invade and kill; for whom we feel compassion, or admiration, and an intense sexual interest; whom we often outdo in the barbarism we impute to them; and whose suspected resemblance to us haunts our introspections and imaginings. This book looks afresh at how we have confronted the idea of 'barbarism', in ourselves and others, from the conquest of the Americas to the Nazi Holocaust, through the voices of many writers, including Montaigne, Swift and Shaw.

If You Were There - Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind (Paperback): Francisco Garcia If You Were There - Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind (Paperback)
Francisco Garcia
R306 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' Andrew O' Hagan A powerful, evocative and deeply personal journey into the world of missing people When Francisco Garcia was just seven years old, his father, Christobal, left his family. Unemployed, addicted to drink and drugs, and adrift in life, Christobal decided he would rather disappear altogether than carry on dealing with the problems in front of him. So that's what he did, leaving his young wife and child in the dead of night. He has been missing ever since. Twenty years on, Francisco is ready to take up the search for answers. Why did this happen and how could it be possible? Where might his father have gone? And is there any reason to hope for a happy reunion? During his journey, which takes him all across Britain and back to his father's homeland of Spain, Francisco tells the stories of those he meets along the way: the police investigators; the charity employees and volunteers; the once missing and those perilously at risk around us; the families, friends and all those left behind. If You Were There is the moving and affecting story of one man's search for his lost family, an urgent document of where we are now and a powerful, timeless reminder of our responsibility to others.

The Interior Silence - 10 Lessons from Monastic Life (Paperback): Sarah Sands The Interior Silence - 10 Lessons from Monastic Life (Paperback)
Sarah Sands
R339 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Save R30 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"Inspirational" - The Daily Mail "Sarah Sands has written about stillness with an eloquence that fizzes with vitality and wit. This wonderful book charts a journey to some of the most beautiful and tranquil places on earth, and introduces us to people whose inner peace is a balm for our troubled times. I loved every page of it." - Nicholas Hytner Suffering from information overload, unable to sleep, Sarah Sands, former editor of the BBC's Today programme, has tried many different strategies to de-stress... only to reject them because, as she says, all too often they threaten to become an exercise in self-absorption. Inspired by the ruins of an ancient Cistercian abbey at the bottom of her Norfolk garden, she begins to research the lives of the monks who once resided there, and realises how much we may have to learn from monasticism. Renouncing the world, monks and nuns have acquired a hidden knowledge of how to live: they labour, they learn and they acquire 'the interior silence'. This book is a quest for that hidden knowledge - a pilgrimage to ten monasteries round the world. From a Coptic desert community in Egypt to a retreat in the Japanese mountains, we follow Sands as she identifies the common characteristics of monastic life and the wisdoms to be learned from them; and as she discovers, behind the cloistered walls, a clarity of mind and an unexpected capacity for solitude which enable her, after years of insomnia, to experience that elusive, dreamless sleep.

Visions of Persia - Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius (Paperback): Elio Brancaforte Visions of Persia - Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius (Paperback)
Elio Brancaforte
R693 R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Save R48 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work examines the travel account of a German baroque author who journeyed in search of silk from Northern Germany, through Muscovy, to the court of Shah Safi in Isfahan.

Adam Olearius introduced Persian literature, history, and arts to the German-speaking public; his frank appraisal of Persian customs foreshadows the enlightened spirit of the eighteenth century (influencing Montesquieu's "Persian Letters" as well as Goethe's "West-Eastern Divan") and prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry.

Brancaforte focuses on the visual and discursive nexus uniting Olearius's text with the numerous engravings that supplement the book. The emphasis falls on contextualized readings of Olearius's decorative frontispieces and his new and improved map of Persia and the Caspian Sea, as expressions of early modern subjectivity.

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