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Nature volumeΒ 40,Β pages 547–549 (1889)Cite this article

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THE model of a memorial to Prjevalsky, which is to beerected on the shore of Lake Issyk-kul, is being exhibited at St. Petersburg. It represents a rock, upon which an eagle is descending, having a map of Asia in its talons, and an olive branch in its beak. The monument will have the inscription: β€œTo the first explorer of Nature in Central Asia.”

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