Crimean ancient times in the works of lesser-known travelers of the first half of the XIX century. (for example, travel writing G. de Sen-Sover) Cover Image

Крымские древности в произведениях малоизвестных путешественников первой половины XIX в. (на примере путевых заметок Ж. де Сен-Совера)
Crimean ancient times in the works of lesser-known travelers of the first half of the XIX century. (for example, travel writing G. de Sen-Sover)

Author(s): T.Yu. Prohorova
Subject(s): Cultural history, Economic history, History of ideas
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: Crimea; traveler; medieval monuments

Summary/Abstract: A new source of the Crimean history is studied in this article – travelling notes of French diplomat G. de Sen-Sover published in Paris in 1837. The author comes to a conclusion that information of these notes can be an important information source of ancient and medieval history of peninsula thanks to the mention of the ancient and medieval monuments subsequently plundered or destroyed