Moscovie ou Russie ? Regard de Joseph-Nicolas Delisle et des savants français sur les États de Pierre le Grand
Marie-Anne Chabin : Muscovy or Russia ? The activity of the Delisle family. 17th-century geographical works showed Muscovy, about which very little was known, next to Tartary, Persia or China by the end of the 18th Century, Catherine II' s Russia had become a European power. Thus in a century t...
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ftpersee:oai:persee:article/dhs_0070-6760_1996_num_28_1_2091 2023-05-15T16:59:15+02:00 Moscovie ou Russie ? Regard de Joseph-Nicolas Delisle et des savants français sur les États de Pierre le Grand Marie-Anne Chabin 1996 http://www.persee.fr/doc/dhs_0070-6760_1996_num_28_1_2091 https://doi.org/10.3406/dhs.1996.2091 fre fre Paris : Presses Universitaires de France PERSÉE : Université de Lyon, CNRS & ENS de Lyon http://www.persee.fr/doc/dhs_0070-6760_1996_num_28_1_2139_t1_0570_0000_6 article 1996 ftpersee https://doi.org/10.3406/dhs.1996.2091 2016-06-26T02:06:55Z Marie-Anne Chabin : Muscovy or Russia ? The activity of the Delisle family. 17th-century geographical works showed Muscovy, about which very little was known, next to Tartary, Persia or China by the end of the 18th Century, Catherine II' s Russia had become a European power. Thus in a century the perception of the country of the Tsars had totally changed, in both the political and the intellectual sphere. This article studies this evolution through the Delisle family of Parisian scholars, who contributed to the development of knowledge about Russia in France. The father, Claude, a historian, interviewed the Tsar's ambassador William, the eldest son, discussed with Peter the Great the geography of his states Joseph-Nicolas set up the Saint Petersburg observatory and worked for 25 years in Russia on the great Russian atlas Louis died in Kamchatka on Bering's second expedition. J. -N. Delisle' s rich archives show both how Russia replaced Muscovy and what this change symbolized. Chabin Marie-Anne. Moscovie ou Russie ? Regard de Joseph-Nicolas Delisle et des savants français sur les États de Pierre le Grand. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°28, 1996. L'Orient. pp. 43-56. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kamchatka Persée: Portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales Dix-huitième Siècle 28 1 43 56 |
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Marie-Anne Chabin : Muscovy or Russia ? The activity of the Delisle family. 17th-century geographical works showed Muscovy, about which very little was known, next to Tartary, Persia or China by the end of the 18th Century, Catherine II' s Russia had become a European power. Thus in a century the perception of the country of the Tsars had totally changed, in both the political and the intellectual sphere. This article studies this evolution through the Delisle family of Parisian scholars, who contributed to the development of knowledge about Russia in France. The father, Claude, a historian, interviewed the Tsar's ambassador William, the eldest son, discussed with Peter the Great the geography of his states Joseph-Nicolas set up the Saint Petersburg observatory and worked for 25 years in Russia on the great Russian atlas Louis died in Kamchatka on Bering's second expedition. J. -N. Delisle' s rich archives show both how Russia replaced Muscovy and what this change symbolized. Chabin Marie-Anne. Moscovie ou Russie ? Regard de Joseph-Nicolas Delisle et des savants français sur les États de Pierre le Grand. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°28, 1996. L'Orient. pp. 43-56. |
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