Historical-Geographical Research of the Travels and Travel Records by British Travelers in the 19^<th> Century

本研究从历史地理学、历史学和语言学的跨学科视角，对19世纪英国人主要在亚洲地区的旅行和旅行记录进行了研究。我们的研究成果不仅在学术领域发表，而且在普通读者中发表。我们的研究成果可归纳为以下几个主题：(1)英国旅行者及其记录的研究；(2)英国人旅行的实地研究；(3)利用地图和卫星图像重建旅行路线；(4)编纂英国旅行者记录的书目。对于主题(1)，我们努力将《波斯游记》、《库尔德斯坦游记》等英文原版翻译成日语。我们还研究了旅行者的理论方面，特别是伊莎贝拉·伯德，以及关于日本、波斯、西藏和西伯利亚等地区的旅行记录。在课题（II）中，我们研究了伯德人生第四阶段的重要作品《波斯游记》和《库尔德斯坦游记》，以及她人生第五阶段的两部重要作品《朝鲜与她的邻居》和《长江流域及更远》，并对她的记录提出了新的解读。我们还向普通观众展示了孪生时间旅行的新想法。对于课题（三），我们使用1:10万比例尺的地图，以比以往更高的精度考察了伯德在长江流域的旅行路线。我们还以中东为例审查了利用卫星图像研究旅行路线的可能性。为了今后的进一步研究，我们整理了有关研究课题的文献资料。

In this research, we studied travels and travel records mainly in Asian regions by British people in the 19^<th> century from the interdisciplinary viewpoint of historical geography, history and linguistics. The outputs of our research have been published not only in the academic domain but also in the general audience.The results of our research are summarized into several subjects as follows : (I)studies on British travelers and their records, (II)field studies concerning travels by British people, (III)reconstructions of travel routes using maps and satellite images, (IV)compilation of a bibliography of the records about British travelers. As for the subject (I), we made effort in translating the original English sources such as Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan into Japanese. We also studied theoretical aspects of travelers, especially Isabella Bird, and of travel records about the regions such as Japan, Persia, Tibet and Siberia. As for the subject (II), we researched Bird's important work in the fourth stage of her life, Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, and two important works in her fifth stage, i.e. Korea & Her Neighbors and The Yangtze Valley and Beyond, and proposed our new interpretation of her records. We also implemented our new idea of twin time travel to the general audience. As for the subject (III), we examined Bird's travel route in the Yangtze Valley in the higher precision than ever using 1:100,000 scale maps. We also reviewed the possibility of utilizing satellite images in the study of travel routes in the examples of the Middle East. For further researches in the future, we compiled bibliographical resources on the research subject.