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Vambery's Travels in Central Asia describes the author's celebrated journey through Central Asia in 1863, motivated by linguistic research. Disguised as a dervish and travelling with a party of Muslim pilgrims, he succeeded in crossing the dreaded TurkomaTags
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Világjárók (Klasszikus Útleírások - VIII.)
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- Tehran, Iran; Tabriz, Iran; Balkan Region, Turkmenistan; Khiva, Uzbekistan; Bukhara, Uzbekistan; Samarkand, Uzbekistan (show all 8); Herat, Afghanistan; Mashhad, Iran
- Original language
- German
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- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 915.84 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan
- LCC
- DK854 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics – Poland History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics Local history and description Soviet Central Asia. West Turkestan
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- Languages
- 8 — English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
