Leon Barszczewski
Leon Barszczewski (born February 20, 1849 in Warsaw , † March 22, 1910 in Czestochowa ) was a Polish ethnographer .
He made trips to Tienschan , the Hisar and Darvazsikiy mountains and the Pamir - Altai region . He documented the trips photographically . He transported the photographs on heavy glass slide plates to Samarkand , where he developed them. He left 3,500 photographs that document the Central Asia region at the end of the 19th century.
literature
- Polish Explorers , Publisher: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ISBN 83-89175-51-7 , page 8.
Web links
Commons : Leon Barszczewski - collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barszczewski, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish ethnographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1910 |
| Place of death | Czestochowa |