Przheval'skii, Nikolai Mikhailovich

Japanese: プルジェワリスキー（英語表記）Przheval'skii， Nikolai Mikhailovich

Born: April 12, 1839 in Smolensk
[Died] November 1, 1888. Karakol. Russian explorer and Imperial Russian officer. After the Ussuri expedition in 1867-69, he undertook four expeditions to inland Asia in 1870-73, 1876-77, 1879-80, and 1883-85 with the support of the Russian Army and the Russian Geographical Society. He was the one who discovered wild camels and horses (Przhevalsky's horses). He died of illness in Karakol in 1888 while preparing for the fifth expedition. His works include Travels in Ussuri (Puteshtehstvie v Ussuriiskom krae) (1870), Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts (Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts) (2 volumes, 1875, 1876), Travels to Lop Nor (Ot Kul'dzhi za Tyan'-Shyan' i na Lob-nor) (1879), and From Kyakhta to the Source of the Yellow River (Ot Kyakhty na istoki Zhëltoi reki) (1888).

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[生]1839.4.12. スモレンスク
[没]1888.11.1. カラコル
ロシアの探検家，帝政ロシアの将校。 1867～69年のウスリー地方探検のあと，陸軍とロシアの地理学協会との援助で 1870～73，1876～77，1879～80，1883～85年の4回に及ぶ内陸アジア探検を敢行，野生のラクダやウマ (プルジェワリスキーウマ ) は彼の発見したもの。 1888年第5次探検準備中カラコルで病死。著書は『ウスリー紀行』 Puteshestvie v Ussuriiskom krae (1870) ，『蒙古とタングート人の国』 Mongoliya i strana tangutov (2巻，1875，1876) ，『ロプノール紀行』 Ot Kul'dzhi za Tyan'-Shyan' i na Lob-nor (1879) ，『キャフタから黄河源流へ』 Ot Kyakhty na istoki Zhëltoi reki (1888) 。

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