Transcaucasia and Ararat: Being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876Macmillan, 1877 - 420 sider |
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... of civilization , and are pleased to be re - assured . They are , therefore , like ' This , however , has very much diminished in America of late years . the Americans , eager to learn what foreigners think of 26 TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT .
... of civilization , and are pleased to be re - assured . They are , therefore , like ' This , however , has very much diminished in America of late years . the Americans , eager to learn what foreigners think of 26 TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT .
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... late years in Persia ; and a quite remarkable one appeared among the Tcherkesses at the end of last century , by name Bey Mansur , who roused his countrymen against the Russians and was captured by them at Anapa in 1790 . killed , and ...
... late years in Persia ; and a quite remarkable one appeared among the Tcherkesses at the end of last century , by name Bey Mansur , who roused his countrymen against the Russians and was captured by them at Anapa in 1790 . killed , and ...
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... hundred thousand are said to have come down to the ports whither the Sultan had promised to send vessels to receive them . The vessels , however , like everything else Turkish , were late in coming , diseases 58 TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT .
... hundred thousand are said to have come down to the ports whither the Sultan had promised to send vessels to receive them . The vessels , however , like everything else Turkish , were late in coming , diseases 58 TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT .
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... late in coming , diseases broke out , and a large part of the Tcherkesses died before the embarkation took place . Of those who sailed , the majority were settled in Lazistan , or in Turkish Armenia , north of Erzerum . Of these last ...
... late in coming , diseases broke out , and a large part of the Tcherkesses died before the embarkation took place . Of those who sailed , the majority were settled in Lazistan , or in Turkish Armenia , north of Erzerum . Of these last ...
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... late when we parted from our genial host at the door of the post - house ; and before light next morning we had mounted the omnibus again , and were pursuing our drowsy way up the valley . It is comparatively open up here , per- fectly ...
... late when we parted from our genial host at the door of the post - house ; and before light next morning we had mounted the omnibus again , and were pursuing our drowsy way up the valley . It is comparatively open up here , per- fectly ...
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Transcaucasia and Ararat: Being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876 James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1877 |
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Alps ancient Aralykh Aras Araxes Armenian Asia Batum beautiful Black Sea called Caspian Caucasian Caucasus century chain Christian Church Circassian cliffs coast cone Constantinople Cossacks course crater Crown 8vo Czar Daghestan Dariel descending east Eastern Edition Elbruz empire English Erivan Erzerum Etchmiadzin Europe European Euxine farther fcap feet Georgian German glen Greek height hills Imeritia inhabitants Kazbek Kurds land less Little Ararat live look mass miles Mingrelians Mohammedan moun mountain nearly neighbours never night north-west pass patriarch peak perhaps Persian plain population Poti pretty race railway ridge rising river road rock Roman round runs Russian Sardarbulakh seemed side slopes snow sometimes sort south-east spot steamer steep steppe Strabo stream summit tarantass Tatars Tiflis town trachyte Transcaucasia traveller tribes Turkey Turkish Turkmans Turks upper valley village Vladikavkaz volcanic walls Western wood
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