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Of Alpinists and Domestic and Wild Animals in the Alps (1857-1899): a Corpus Analysis

Caliban: French Journal of English Studies, 2020
British and Irish alpinists were among the first to explore the highest altitudes in the Alpine massif and to write about it, especially in the second half of the nineteenth century. They reported on their travels and many travel narratives they produced
Samia Ounoughi
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Correctable or not? The case of plant epithets derived from the Elbrus/Elburs Mountains in Iran, with further notes on taxonomic grey literature

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Plant name epithets (as well as names of other organisms governed by the ICN), which are derived from geographic names, are not correctable when their original spelling was intentional and based on contemporary linguistic realities, even if it is currently considered outdated.
Alexander N. Sennikov, Irina V. Belyaeva
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Life and traditions of Caucasian Circassians: historical-comparative probe of travelogues of European travellers from the beginning of the 16th century to the half of the 19th century (Život a zvyky kaukazských Čerkesov: historicko-komparatívna sondáž cestopisov európskych cestovateľov od začiatku 16. do polovice 19. storočia) [PDF]

Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2017
The aim of this study is to clarify evolution of life and traditions of Circassian society in a historically comparative perspective. It is based on published travelogues and diaries of European travellers who visited various parts of Caucasian Circassia
Michal Šmigeľ, Alexandr Cherkasov, Miroslav Kmeť   +2 more
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When should firms watch for cross‐industry competition? A demand‐side perspective

Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 893-941, March 2026.
Abstract Research Summary Research on competitor identification has primarily focused on intra‐industry competition. However, cross‐industry competitive threats are prevalent and consequential. We adopt a consumer‐oriented perspective to examine how consumer perceptions shape de facto competition across industry boundaries.
Ying Li, Samira Reis, Olga M. Khessina
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The Savage Worlds of Henry Drummond (1851–1897): Science, Racism and Religion in the Work of a Popular Evolutionist

Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 77-95, March 2026.
The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
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Visual images of Palestine on the pages of pilgrimage texts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries / Визуальные образы Палестины на страницах паломнических текстов конца XIX – начала XX вв.

Визуальная теология
The article is devoted to the study of visual images presented in texts devoted to pilgrimage to Palestine of the late 19th – early 20th century. The research interest is based on the idea of illustration as a way of overcoming the rationality of ...
Alexander Valitov / Александр Александрович Валитов
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PERIPHERAL WRITING AND WRITING ON THE PERIPHERY IN TRAVELOGUES BY JAY NORWOOD DARLING [PDF]

Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки
The article is devoted to the little-known literary work of the American cartoonist Jay Norwood Darling. The current study was conducted on the travelogues “Ding Goes to Russia” (1932) and “The Cruise of the Bouncing Betsy. A Trailer Travelogue” (1937).
Olena V. Yufereva
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Visual Satire Under German Censorship: The Card Game Pharo in Johann Heinrich Ramberg's Illustrations and in Contemporary Descriptions

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 59-83, March 2026.
Abstract This article examines image–text relations in German illustrations of gambling around 1800, specifically focusing on the card game Pharo and the artist Johann Heinrich Ramberg. It shows Ramberg's technique of reuse and variation as well as the degree of satire in the designs and their accompanying descriptive or fictional texts.
Waltraud Maierhofer
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Corne Ducale et Sainte-Chaussette dans la relation de voyage d’Evliyâ Çelebi

Cahiers Balkaniques, 2013
In the Seyahatnâme we find two references for a relic kept in Urfa at an uncertain date, stockings or sock of Jesus. This reference is related to the headdress characteristic of the Venitian Doge, the corno ducale, ridiculous according to Evliyâ because ...
Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont
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Phonographic Recordings in Finno‐Ugric Languages in Finnish Archives

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This review discusses audio recordings made by Finnish scholars among the Russian Arctic people in the early twentieth century and stored in various archives in Finland. The background of the recordings, together with their broader meaning and the possibilities for research they offer, is brought out.
Karina Lukin
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