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Into the Kazakh steppe : John Castle's mission to Khan Abulkhavir (1736) /

The adventurer and artist John Castle, of mixed British and Prussian descent, was one of several foreigners commissioned by the Russian Empire to take part in the Orenburg Expedition which started in 1734. Its aims were to secure and encircle Bashkiria, to the north of present-day western Kazakhstan...

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Other Authors: Sansom, David, (Cartographer), Teissier, Beatrice, (Editor), Tolley, Sarah, (Translator), Castle, John, active 18th century.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Signal Books Ltd, 2014.
Subjects:
Castle, John, > active 18th century > Travel > Kazakhstan.
Castle, John, > active 18th century > Diaries.
Abulkhair, > Khan.
Kazakhstan > Politics and government > 18th century.
Kazakhstan > Description and travel > 18th century.
Kazakhstan > History > 18th century.
Kazakhstan > Kings and rulers > 18th century.
Kazakhstan > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Russia > History > 1689-1801.
Russia > Foreign relations > 1689-1801.
Diaries.
History.
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