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This edition of John Bell's "Travels..." was printed in two volumes detailing Bell's travels from 1715 through 1718 along the Volga River, the Caspian Sea and into Persia.

Cornelius de Bruyn's 2-volume work, "Travels in Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies ..." (1737) details de Bruyn's extensive travels which took him from Moscow in 1703 to Isfahan, and from there on to Persepolis (1704). De Bruyn returned to…

Turkmenistan Airlines only flies to one Central Asian destination, Almaty. And none of the other countries' flag carriers fly to Ashgabat, making it the most isolated capital city in the region. It is also worth noting Turkmenistan Airlines traces…

Twitter has been the media of choice for protestors in Ferguson and St. Louis, with almost daily updates under the hashtags #Ferguson, #MichaelBrown, #BlackLivesMatter, and many others. This map illustrates the fine grained detail and level of…

This illustration accompanies the second volume of N. Witsen's "Noord en Oost Tartarye" (1705). It offers two views of the city of Astrkahan', one of which foregrounds the city's vineyards.

Photo of one of the burn victims following the ufa train disaster. Burn medicine in Soviet Union at the time was discovered to be far behind Western standards, forcing the USSR to request medical aid from US, making it the second disaster in a row in…

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