Siberian Journey

by Collins, Perry Mcdonough; Vevier, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780299026745
• ISBN10: 0299026744
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-18
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Perry McDonough Collins was the first American to journey through Siberia and down the 2,690-mile Amur River to the Pacific Ocean. In 1860 he wrote A Voyage Down the Amoor, an account of his adventures, and his book proved so popular that it was reissued in 1864. Siberian Journeyconsists of Collins's original text framed by an interpretive introduction and explanatory notes by Charles Vevier, providing an extensive, first-hand account of Russia's land and its people in the mid ;nineteenth century.

Author Biography

Perry Mcdonougf Collins (1813-1900) was the visionary behind the Russian-American telegraph, also known as the Collins Overland telegraph, which came about as a result of his journey. Charles Vevier (1924-95) was a historian of American foreign relations and vice chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Editor's Note	p. 40
Preface to A Voyage Down the Amoor	p. 45
Departure for Siberia	p. 49
From Moscow to Nijne-Novgorod	p. 54
Nijne-NovgorodùThe Great Fair	p. 60
From Nijne to Ekaterinburg	p. 67
From Ekaterinburg to Omsk	p. 72
From Omsk to Irkutsk	p. 78
Irkutsk	p. 86
From Irkutsk to Kyachta	p. 91
Kyachta, Mai-Mat-Tschin, and the Feast of Lanterns	p. 100
A Russian Dinner	p. 110
From Irkutsk to Petrovskey	p. 119
From Petrovskey to Verchne-Udinsk	p. 122
From Verchne-Udinsk to Chetah	p. 125
A Visit to the Mines of Nerchinsk	p. 135
The Silver Mines of Zarentunskie	p. 141
The Cossacks of the Argoon	p. 146
The Gold Mines of the Onon	p. 149
Passage of Mount Bornorskoy	p. 154
Residence at Chetah	p. 159
A Wild-Goose Chase	p. 166
Departure from Chetah	p. 171
Down the Ingoddh	p. 175
A Mineral Spring	p. 184
From Bankin to Schilkah	p. 187
From Schilkah to Ouse-Cherney	p. 192
From Russian into Chinese Waters	p. 196
First View of the Amoor	p. 199
From Ouse-Strelkah to Alhasin	p. 203
On the River	p. 208
A Mangoon Camp	p. 211
Manchoo Visitors	p. 215
A Manchoo Guard-Boat	p. 218
Arrival at Igoon	p. 222
Manchoo Spies	p. 229
A Manchoo Village	p. 234
A Tartar Beauty	p. 239
Manchoo Junks	p. 243
The Songahree	p. 246
Russian Progress	p. 250
Floating Along	p. 254
The Navigation	p. 260
Native Villages	p. 265
The Hongahree	p. 270
A Goldee Village	p. 274
Female Sailors	p. 279
A Night of Danger	p. 282
	p. 286
Arrival at Nikolaivsky	p. 294
	p. 298
American Residents	p. 302
Character of the Amoor Country	p. 306
Natives on the Amoor	p. 313
Trade and Resources of Siberia	p. 321
oyage to Japan	p. 327
Hakodadi	p. 334
To Kamschatka	p. 339
Stay at Petropaulosky	p. 347
A Note on the Sources	p. 357
Index	p. 363
Illustration
Terry McDonough Collins Frontispiece Ancient Tartar Monument Facing page	p. 286
Maps
Northern Asia and the Pacific Coast of the United States	p. 56
Province of Trans-Baikal	p. 102-103
Amoor River	p. 200
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