Episode 5: Around the World. The Tale of Ivan Goncharov

Episode 5 March 05, 2021 00:22:17
Episode 5: Around the World. The Tale of Ivan Goncharov
Tales from Imperial Russia
Episode 5: Around the World. The Tale of Ivan Goncharov

Mar 05 2021 | 00:22:17

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Show Notes

In 1852, the novelist and government bureaucrat Ivan Goncharov set sail on the frigate Pallada for a mission to closed-off Japan. This episode follows Goncharov as he encountered Africans and Asians across an imperial world dominated by the British, Dutch, and Spanish.

This episode is based on translations and information provided by Edyta M. Bojanowska, A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)

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