TY - BOOK AU - Afsharian,Marjan AU - Harris,Russell ED - Project Muse. TI - A Journal of Three Months’ Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne : : Introduction, Notes and Translation / T2 - Iranian Studies Series SN - 9789400602595 PY - 2017/// CY - Leiden PB - Leiden University Press KW - Pyne, John Compton KW - Travel KW - fast KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Iran KW - Descriptions et voyages KW - Description and travel KW - Personal narratives KW - History KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Open Access N2 - A primary source on a journey to Persia by Captain John Compton Pyne in 1884 revealing the West's fascination with the Middle East in Victorian times. The book includes an introduction by the editors and a transcription of the manuscript with notes and the original illustrations, mainly watercolours. An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of 'orientalism' and colonialism, and for historians UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/64049/ ER -