Photographs taken by Captain Barry during Ernest Chantre's expedition to the Caucasus in 1881. They were eventually published in Mission scientifique de Mr Ernest Chantre, sous-directeur du Museum de Lyon, dans la Haute Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase. VI, Caucase. Arménie, Géorgie, Osséthie, etc. (Paris, 1881).
Situated in the breathtaking Caucasus Mountains between the Black and the Caspian Seas, Georgia sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. This blog explores Georgian past from the perspectives of foreigners who travelled to Georgia and its neighboring regions over the past several hundred years. It seeks to showcase how these foreigners came to perceive Georgian culture and people.
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