A Journey to Inner Africa

• Main Author: Kovalevsky, Egor (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amherst College Press 2020
• Subjects: Humanities; African history; History of other lands; 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.
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Summary

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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (326 p.)

ISBN

mpub.12093663
9781943208166

Access

Open Access