Lorenz Lange's journals from Siberia to Beijing
A Russian agent's journals of a Beijing journey and a stay at the Chinese court, 1715 to 1722.
Full title Journals of the 1715-1716 journey to Beijing (Russian translation, Shafranovskaya 1961) and Daily record of residence at the Chinese court in 1721 (Severnyi arkhiv 1822)
Дневники путешествий в Пекин 1715-1716 гг.; Поденная записка пребывания при китайском дворе 1721 года
Lorenz Lange, Russian agent in Beijing
Lorenz Lange served as a Russian agent in Beijing and left a journal of his 1715 to 1716 journey there and a daily record of living at the Qing court in 1721 to 1722. They cover Siberia, the Selenga, the Urga route through Mongolia and Beijing, with notes on Qing-Russian trade and caravan routes. The atlas does not hold the text: the corpus knows only Russian web texts of 1961, 1969 and 1822, all translated from German publications, and none is stored.
- How they knew
- Eyewitness
- Who “Tartar” means here
- Not recorded. The card names Khalkha Mongols, Buryats and the Qing court as the peoples described.
- Why read it
- Resident-agent testimony on Qing-Russian trade, the Mongol frontier and caravan routes in the 1710s and 1720s.
- Watch out
- The Russian texts are translations from German printings (Weber 1721 and Pallas), and the 1822 translator is unnamed. The atlas quotes nothing from this work.
What it says
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The fine print
How we know
firsthand The author saw the places or people described.
firsthand observation by a resident agent; Siberian and Mongolian notes drawn from his own journeys 1715-1737
Research notes
- Russian texts are translations from German publications (Weber 1721, Pallas Neue Nordische Beyträge); 1822 translator unnamed.
Why it matters
Resident agent testimony on Qing-Russian trade, Mongol frontier and caravan routes in the 1710s-1720s, the Russian side of the Tulishen (W016) period.
Places named
Siberia; Selenga; Mongolia (Urga route); Beijing
Peoples named
Mongols (Khalkha); Qing China; Buryats; Russian caravans