Travels along the Mediterranean and Parts Adjacent 2 Volume Set

In Company with the Earl of Belmore, during the Years 1816–17–18

Onbekend Engels 2014 9781108076043
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After qualifying as a physician, Robert Richardson (1779–1847) joined the household of the earl of Belmore, and accompanied him and his family on a tour of the eastern Mediterranean in his yacht the Osprey, converted from a captured American schooner, the James Madison. Richardson dedicated this two-volume work to his patron in 1822. Having spent several months in Naples, the party travelled through the Greek islands to Constantinople, arriving in Alexandria in September 1817. Volume 1 recounts their journey up the Nile, exploring both the antiquities of Egypt and the modern cities, as far as the second cataract. Volume 2 describes further exploration in Egypt, travels into Palestine, where the party visited the Holy Places and the cities of the Old Testament, and into Syria and Lebanon. Richardson's account is full of detail, both of the archaeological remains and of everyday life in the Middle East.

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ISBN13:9781108076043
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:onbekend
Aantal pagina's:1114

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Volume 1: Dedication; Preface; 1. Departure from Southampton; 2. Alexandria; 3. Bay of Aboukir; 4. Cairo; 5. Pyramids of Gheeza; 6. Voyage up the Nile; 7. Egyptian deities; 8. Gheneh; 9. The valley of Biban el Melook; 10. Voyage up the Nile; 11. Assouan; 12. Nubia; 13. Assouan tropical well; 14. Koom Ombos. Volume 2: 15. Thebes; 16. Voyage down the Nile; 17. Ruins of On; 18. Departure from Cairo; 19. Jerusalem; 20. Bethlehem; 21. Journey to Nablous; 22. Damascus; 23. Journey up the Barrada.

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