Travels in Tartary
E103190
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Travels in Tartary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T873029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travels in Tartary Context triple: [Peter Fleming, notableWork, Travels in Tartary]
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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C.
The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travel narrative recounting Venetian explorer Marco Polo’s extensive journeys through Asia, particularly the Mongol Empire and China, and describing the lands, peoples, and customs he encountered.
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D.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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E.
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that critiques European colonialism and morality through a fictional commentary on Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s Pacific voyage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travels in Tartary Target entity description: Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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C.
The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travel narrative recounting Venetian explorer Marco Polo’s extensive journeys through Asia, particularly the Mongol Empire and China, and describing the lands, peoples, and customs he encountered.
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D.
Die Völker des östlichen Asien
Die Völker des östlichen Asien is a multi-volume ethnographic study by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian that examines the cultures, societies, and traditions of East Asian peoples.
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E.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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travel book ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British travel writing tradition
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interwar travel literature ⓘ |
| author | Peter Fleming ⓘ |
| chronicles | adventurous travel through sparsely populated areas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia ⓘ |
| documents |
landscapes of deserts and high plateaus
ⓘ
local customs and daily life in Central Asia ⓘ |
| features |
adventure episodes
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detailed travel observations ⓘ ethnographic description ⓘ historical commentary ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure literature
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacter | Peter Fleming ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
encounters with remote communities
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hardship of long-distance travel ⓘ imperial-era perspectives on Asia ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic 1930s travel narrative
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classic of 20th-century travel writing ⓘ |
| influenced | later travel writers on Central Asia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
understated humor
ⓘ
witty prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological account of a journey ⓘ |
| portrays |
difficulties of crossing politically sensitive frontiers
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geopolitical tensions in Central Asia in the 1930s ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Brazilian Adventure
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News from Tartary ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Central Asia
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Chinese Central Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest China
Tibet ⓘ
linked to:
Tibet Autonomous Region
Xinjiang ⓘ |
| subject |
Central Asian cultures
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exploration ⓘ overland travel ⓘ political conditions in 1930s Central Asia ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in Central Asian history
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readers interested in travel and exploration ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | 1930s ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Travels in Tartary Description of subject: Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
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