Subject: Russia--Description and travel--18th century--Sources

Journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin, 1719-22
AuthorBell, John, 1691-1780Stevenson, J. L. (John Lynn)
PlaceEdinburgh
PublisherEdinburgh University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [Min]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS7.B42 1965
Descriptionx, 248 p. [28] plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note

A journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin, 1719-22 / by John Bell of Antermony ; edited with an introduction by J.L. Stevenson.
Maps on endpapers. Includes index and list of "The Subscribers to the 1763 Edition".
Reprinted from Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia. Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis, 1763.
Includes appendix: Izmailov's Embassy-A Jesuit account (chapters XIX and XX from Memoirs of Father Ripa), pp.214-223.
***Graphic resource: Kangxi portrait, Central Asian landscapes, city scenes, Mongolian portraits, etc.