Trivial Pursuits
I'm pleased to say that this page was linked to by British
television Channel 4 "Great Excavations". Also, to reach Daniel Waugh's page
of etexts from central Asia, go here
and scroll down.
"In my opinion it is therefore impossible to elaborate ... historical reconstructions founded on purely
ethnological data. Our minds, owing to our scientific training, can evolve only a logical sequence of thoughts
... but history itself is not logical; on the contrary, it is irrational and erratic, moving in zigzag lines,
like lightning; it is a labyrinth of dark passages running in all directions; and, above all, it is more
imaginative than the boldest flight of our fancy could possibly be." Berthold Laufer, 1913
All original contents of this website are copyright to Sylvia Volk.
Enjoy!
Complete etexts . . .
O. Olufsen "Through the Unknown Pamirs (1898-1899)"
Sir John Chardin "Travels in Persia, book two (1673-1677)"
"Travels of Sir Thomas Mandeville"
. . . and also selections from . . .
James Bruce "Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790)"
William Beawes "A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745"
Gaylard Roberts "Account of a Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748"
Germain de Langy "The Knout and the Russians (1854)"
Edmund Spencer "Travels in Circassia (1836)"
John Lewis Burckhardt "Travels in Nubia (1822)"
Baron Sigismund von Herberstein "Notes Upon Russia, vol II (16th century)"
G. F. Lyon "Narrative of Travels in North Africa (1818-20)"
John Bell "A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin" (1719-22)
Alois Musil "In the Arabian Desert" (1930)
John Leo on Africa "City of Fez (16th century)"
Arminius Vambery "Sketches of Central Asia (1868)"
Count K. K. Pahlen "Mission to Turkestan (1908-1909)"
A. M. Pozdneyev "Mongolia and the Mongols (1892-1893)"
Sven Hedin "Trans-Himalaya (1905)"
Thomas Witlam Atkinson "The Upper and Lower Amoor (1860)"
Petr Petrovich Semenov "Travels in the Tien'-Shan' (1856-1857)", Part One and Two
John Tradescant "Voyage to Russia (1618)"
Hsien-tsang "Hsien-tsang: Buddhist Records of the Western Countries, Book One"
Fryer "Fryer's India and Persia"
. . . and Various Subjects:
"Ruined Cities, southern Russia"
"Desert Travel (Sven Hedin, 1895)"
"Jewels: Lapis, Rubies, Turquoise, and Gold"
and
"Plague in Seistan (Sven Hedin, 1904)"
Credits
Art For This Website Courtesy of Ann, Kelly and Moyra:
Last Updated on March 1, 2002 by Kevin and Sylvia
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