摘 要: | ThehistoryofXinjiangexplorationisintegraltothehistoryofChina'sfrontierexplorationandconstitutesanimportantcomponentinthehistoryofChina'sfrontierstudies.Thepresentarticleisintendedasanoverviewof2othcenturyexploratoryexpeditionstoXinjiang,focusingontheworkofChinesescholars.ITheXinjiangexpeditions,focusingonarchaeologicalandexploratoryactivities,inthefirsttwodecadesofthiscenturybasicallyfollowedaninvestigationalpatterndevelopedinthelatterhalfofthe19thcentury.Amongthemostrenownedforeignexplorer…
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