Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

John Bell

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107294394

John Bell (1691–1780) trained as a physician, but preferred a life of travel and diplomacy. He entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, and had already taken part (as the expedition's doctor) in a government mission to Persia in 1715–18 when he was asked to join a further embassy to China. This two-volume work, published in 1763, describes both these journeys. The first part of Volume 1 contains an account of the Persian expedition, and the second a narrative of the journey across Siberia to the walls of Beijing. It includes fascinating anecdotes of the peoples encountered, and their environment, beliefs and customs, including a female Siberian shaman, the pet musk deer of an exiled Swedish general, and the interdependence of marmots and rhubarb (at this time a valuable medicinal drug). This is a delightful account of an area then hardly known in the west.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Miscellaneous Frontmatter
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PREFACE
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CONTENTS
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Map
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A Journey from ST. PETERSBURG in RUSSIA, to ISPAHAN in PERSIA
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CHAP. I - From St. Petersburg to Cazan
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CHAP. II - Occurrences during our ftay at Cazan; Our journey thence to Aftrachan
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CHAP. III - Occurrences during our ftay at Aftrachan; Our journey thence to Shamachy
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CHAP. IV - Occurrences during our ftay at Shamachy; Our journey thence to Tauris
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CHAP. V - Occurrences during our ftay at Tauris; Our journey thence to Ifpahan
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CHAP. VI - Occurrences during our ftay at Ifpahan
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CHAP. VII - From Ifpahan to Shamachy; Occurrences during our ftay there
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CHAP. VIII - From Shamachy to St. Petersburg
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A Journey from S T. PETERSBURG in RUSSIA, to PEKIN in CHINA
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CHAP. I - From St. Petersburg to Tobolsky, the capital of Siberia
pp 157-184
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CHAP. II - Occurrences at Tobolsky; Obfervations on the Kalmucks, &c. and journey continued to Tomsky
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CHAP. III - Occurrences at Tomsky; Obfervations on the Tzulimm Tartars, &c. and journey continued to Elimsky
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CHAP. IV - Obfervations on Iakutsky and Kamtzatsky, &c. Journey continued to Irkutsky; and occurrences there
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CHAP. V - From Irkutsky, crofs the Lake Baykall, to Selinginsky; Some account of the Kutuchtu, &c
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CHAP. VI - Occurrences at Selinginsky; Several parties of hunting; and journey continued to Saratzyn, the boundary between the Ruffian and Chinefe territories
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CHAP. VII - From paffing the Saratzyn, and entering the Chinefe territories, to our arrival at the wall of China
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CHAP. VIII - From the wall of China to Pekin; Our entry into that city
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Miscellaneous Endmatter
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp v-xii

PREFACE
pp xiii-xviii

CONTENTS
pp xix-xxi

Map
pp xxii-xxii

A Journey from ST. PETERSBURG in RUSSIA, to ISPAHAN in PERSIA
pp 1-2

CHAP. I - From St. Petersburg to Cazan
pp 3-18

CHAP. II - Occurrences during our ftay at Cazan; Our journey thence to Aftrachan
pp 18-35

CHAP. III - Occurrences during our ftay at Aftrachan; Our journey thence to Shamachy
pp 36-60

CHAP. IV - Occurrences during our ftay at Shamachy; Our journey thence to Tauris
pp 60-75

CHAP. V - Occurrences during our ftay at Tauris; Our journey thence to Ifpahan
pp 76-97

CHAP. VI - Occurrences during our ftay at Ifpahan
pp 97-128

CHAP. VII - From Ifpahan to Shamachy; Occurrences during our ftay there
pp 129-142

CHAP. VIII - From Shamachy to St. Petersburg
pp 142-154

A Journey from S T. PETERSBURG in RUSSIA, to PEKIN in CHINA
pp 155-156

CHAP. I - From St. Petersburg to Tobolsky, the capital of Siberia
pp 157-184

CHAP. II - Occurrences at Tobolsky; Obfervations on the Kalmucks, &c. and journey continued to Tomsky
pp 184-208

CHAP. III - Occurrences at Tomsky; Obfervations on the Tzulimm Tartars, &c. and journey continued to Elimsky
pp 209-233

CHAP. IV - Obfervations on Iakutsky and Kamtzatsky, &c. Journey continued to Irkutsky; and occurrences there
pp 233-256

CHAP. V - From Irkutsky, crofs the Lake Baykall, to Selinginsky; Some account of the Kutuchtu, &c
pp 257-283

CHAP. VI - Occurrences at Selinginsky; Several parties of hunting; and journey continued to Saratzyn, the boundary between the Ruffian and Chinefe territories
pp 283-308

CHAP. VII - From paffing the Saratzyn, and entering the Chinefe territories, to our arrival at the wall of China
pp 308-336

CHAP. VIII - From the wall of China to Pekin; Our entry into that city
pp 336-358

Miscellaneous Endmatter
pp 359-360

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