Russia - Description and travel
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Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies Containing, an accurate description of whatever is most remarkable in those countries. And embelished with above 320 copper plates, representing the finest Prospects, and most considerable Cities in those Parts; the different Habits of the People; the singular and extraordinary Birds, Fishes, and Plants which are there to be found: As likewise the Antiquities of those Countries, and particularly the noble Ruins of the famous Palace of Persepolis, called Chelminar by the Persians. The whole being delineated on the Spot, from the respective Objects. To which is added, an account of the journey of Mr. Isbrants, Ambassador from Muscovy, through Russia and Tartary, to China; together with Remarks on the Travels of Sir John Chardin, and Mr. Kempfer, and a Letter written to the Author on that Subject. In two volumes. By M. Cornelius Le Bruyn. Translated from the original French.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1726 or 7.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- E-books
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A journey through the Crimea to Constantinople In a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven, to his serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith. Written in the year MDCCLXXXVI.
Craven, Elizabeth Craven, Baroness, 1750-1828.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- E-books
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An account of Russia as it was in the year 1710 . By Charles Lord Whitworth.
Whitworth, Charles Whitworth, Baron, 1675-1725.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- E-books
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Letters from Count Algarotti to Lord Hervey and the Marquis Scipio Maffei, containing the state of the Trade, Marine, Revenues, and Forces of the Russian Empire: With the History of the Late War between the Russians and the Turks, and Observations on the Baltic and the Caspian Seas. To which is added, A Dissertation on the Reigns of the Seven Kings of Rome, and A Dissertation on the Empire of the Incas; By the same Author. Translated from the Italian. In two volumes.
Algarotti, Francesco, 1712-1764.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]