Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia

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ID23774117
AuthorsWilliam F Ainsworth (corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-01-31
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueTravels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316144732
OpenAlexW581051775
ISBN9781316144732
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The surgeon William Ainsworth (1807–96) acted as the geologist of the 1835 Euphrates Expedition, his account of which is also reissued in this series. Great interest was aroused by the scientific and archaeological findings of that journey, and a further expedition was funded, ostensibly to make contact with the Nestorian Christians of the region, but covertly to make further mineralogical investigations. Ainsworth was the leader of the expedition, and his two-volume account was published in 1842. Starting from Istanbul in 1839, Ainsworth took a route through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, returning to Istanbul in 1840. The expedition was regarded as unsuccessful, as Ainsworth had massively overspent on the budget originally allotted by the sponsors, and his secret activities were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, but the work remains a vivid account of the area. Volume 1 covers events up to the battle of Nezib in 1839.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Battle · Central asia · Geography · Geologist · Humanities · Mesopotamia · Minor (academic) · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History

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