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Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2) / The Russian Provinces — H. F. B. Lynch

Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2) / The Russian Provinces

H. F. B. Lynch

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 455 pages

Armenia: Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2) / The Russian Provinces is a travel and study work by H. F. B. Lynch, published in 1901. This volume follows the Russian provinces of Armenia, offering observations on landscapes, people, and history, with many illustrations and maps. It is worth listening to as a detailed travel portrait of the region.

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Original Title Page.
ARMENIA
TRAVELS AND STUDIES
VOL. I
Ararat from Aralykh.
Ararat from Aralykh.
Aralykh, 2750 feet; Ararat, 16,916 feet.

ARMENIA
Travels and Studies
BY
H. F. B. LYNCH
Nature’s vast frame, the web of human things.
Shelley, Alastor.
Who can foretell our future? Spare me the attempt. We are
like a harvest reaped by bad husbandmen amidst encircling
gloom and cloud.
John Katholikos
Armenian historian of the Xth century Ch. CLXXXVII.
IN TWO VOLUMES
WITH 197 ILLUSTRATIONS, REPRODUCED
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES BY

THE AUTHOR, NUMEROUS MAPS AND
PLANS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
And a Map of Armenia and Adjacent Countries
VOL. I
THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON: 39 PATERNOSTER ROW
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1901
PREFACE

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Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF PLATES
  4. CHAPTER I THE COAST AND THE PORT
  5. CHAPTER II ASCENT TO ARMENIA
  6. CHAPTER III TO AKHALTSYKH
  7. CHAPTER IV TO AKHALKALAKI
  8. CHAPTER V AT AKHALKALAKI
  9. CHAPTER VI PROSPECT FROM ABUL
  10. CHAPTER VII GORELOVKA AND QUEEN LUKERIA
  11. CHAPTER VIII TO ALEXANDROPOL
  12. CHAPTER IX AT ALEXANDROPOL
  13. CHAPTER X TO ERIVAN
  14. CHAPTER XI TO ARARAT
  15. CHAPTER XII ASCENT OF ARARAT
  16. CHAPTER XIII THE HEART OF ARARAT
  17. CHAPTER XIV RETURN TO ERIVAN
  18. CHAPTER XV AT ERIVAN
  19. CHAPTER XVI EDGMIATSIN AND THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
  20. CHAPTER XVII TO ANI AND TO KARS
  21. CHAPTER XVIII ANI, AND THE ARMENIAN KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE AGES
  22. CHAPTER XIX KARS
  23. CHAPTER XX ACROSS THE SPINE OF ARMENIA
  24. CHAPTER XXI GEOGRAPHICAL
  25. CHAPTER XXII STATISTICAL AND POLITICAL
  26. Colophon
  27. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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