Journal, 1797-1798, of travels in Russia

Mss.914.79.P85

Date: 1797-1798 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 437 p.

Abstract

Part of Potocki's journey was made to search for the origins of the ancient Scythians. In 1828 the German Orientalist and traveler Heinrich Julius Klaproth asked the American Philosophical Society's permission to have an additional copy made of this manuscript, from which he prepared the work for publication, entitled "Voyage dans les steps dAstrakhan et du Caucase . . . Histoire primitive des peuples qui ont habité anciennement ces contrées (2 v., Paris, 1829).

Background note

Jan Potocki was a Polish historian, archaeologist, and traveler.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 437 p.

Provenance

Received and accessioned, 1900 (683).

Related material

Associated materials: American Philosophical Society,

Bibliography

Klaproth, Heinrich Julius, "Voyage dans les steps dAstrakhan et du Caucase . . . Histoire primitive des peuples qui ont habité anciennement ces contrées" (2 v., Paris, 1829).

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Journals (notebooks).

Geographic Name(s)

  • Soviet Union -- Description and travel.

Personal Name(s)

  • Klaproth, Julius von, 1783-1835
  • Potocki, Jan,hrabia,1761-1815.

Subject(s)

  • Beyond Early America
  • Scythians.