Genetic Insights Into Human-Driven Hybridization, Cultural Shifts, and Ecological Consequences of Feral Pigs (<i>Sus scrofa</i>) in Hawai'i. [PDF]
Ecol EvolPolynesian pigs were brought to the Hawaiian Islands with Polynesian settlement in the mid‐1200s and represent part of the cultural legacy of Hawai‘i. Yet, the introduction of European pigs since 1778 and onward has put into question the ancestral composition of contemporary animals, and conservation efforts have been challenged by tension between the ...
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Cultural aspects in Constantinople in selected testimonials of Venetian and Russian diplomats (XVIII and XIX centuries) [PDF]
Baština, 2023 It is well known that during the 18th and 19th centuries, European ideas and the presence of many foreign envoys in Constantinople enabled Europeans to get better acquainted with the flows of Ottoman culture and civilization.
Antić Maja R., Mitić Marija N.
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Indian Regional nāga Cults and Individual nāga Stories in Chinese Buddhist Travelogues
Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia, 2021 This paper attempts to link the archaeological and epigraphic evidence of nāga veneration in South Asia (Mathurā, Ajaṇṭā) with the textual sources about nāgas and their veneration from the Chinese Buddhist travelogues (Faxian, Xuanzang).
Max Deeg
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Russian Travelogues about Korea in the Second Half of the 19th Century [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2019 The article is a survey of Russian travelogues about Korea written in the second half of the 19th century (N. Przhevalsky, P. Delotkevich, A. Krasnov, N. Garin- Mikhailovsky, V. Seroshevsky). First “discovered” by Ivan Goncharov, Korea was of interest to
Ekaterina A. Kliuikova
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The Crimea as Viewed by British Adventurer William Eton
Золотоордынское обозрение, 2020 Research objective: This paper analyses the account of the Crimea supplied in a little-known source written by British adventurer, William Eton, who visited this peninsula in the period of an independent Crimean Khanate and used extremely interesting ...
Khrapunov N.I.
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The Image of Bratislava in Czech Travelogues of the Interwar Period [PDF]
Slovenska Literatura, 2021 The paper focuses on the literary representations of Bratislava in Czech travelogues and formulates various narratives of those depictions of the city that are related to the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918.
Jana Pátková
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Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2023 The unification of the Crimea with Russia in 1783 was an important event in the world politics and attracted the attention of the whole Europe. The apparent evidence of that interest was the inclusion of the Crimea in the itinerary of the great ...
Nikita I. Khrapunov
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Britské cestopisy o Španělsku z pohledu časopisu Critical Review
Cornova, 2023 British Travelogues on Spain as seen by Critical Review The aim of this study is to analyse the reviews of travelogues on Spain that appeared in British literary periodicals in the second half of the 18th century.
Martin Branda
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Southern-Netherlandish observations and knowledge production of naturalia on the seas : the writings of Michael de Febure (1721) [PDF]
, 2019 Just as was the case for other European sea voyages, maritime expeditions from the Southern-Netherlandish port of Ostend to Asia presented opportunities for the bringing of naturalia to Europe, and with it the production of knowledge on the natural world
De Winter, Wim
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THE BOOKSHELF OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN PULA IS (NO LONGER) THE LAST STATION OF THE TRAVEL
Studia Polensia, 2019 When arriving by train from the North to Istria, the last stop is the railway station in Pula, so the Library is the last station for travel books.
Damjana Frančić
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