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Prejevalski, Nicholas
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Russian explorer, born in Smolensk; joined the army, served against the Poles in 1861, and was appointed to Siberia in 1867; his first explorations were in the country S. of the Amur; in 1871-73 he travelled through Southern Mongolia from Pekin to the upper Yangtse-kiang region; thereafter his energies were devoted to Thibet; he made repeated unsuccessful attempts to reach Lhassa, exploring by the way the desert of Gobi and the upper Hoang-ho, and died finally at Karakol, in West Turkestan; he discovered the wild camel and wild horse, and brought back valuable zoological and botanical collections, which are now in St. Petersburg (1839-1888)
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Prejevalski, Nicholas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/prejevalski-nicholas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Prejevalski, Nicholas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/prejevalski-nicholas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
