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Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem - Couverture souple

Henniker, Frederick

 
9781108077187: Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108077188 ISBN 13 : 9781108077187
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

A lively account of a three-year journey through Egypt to Jerusalem by an English traveller, first published in 1823.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1820, the English traveller Sir Frederick Henniker (1793–1825) set out for Egypt, which he would explore for nearly three years. He sailed up the Nile, calling it 'the least romantic, but most useful of rivers', stopping off at many places along the way. His adventures were varied: he was the first known person to climb to the apex of the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, and he acquired a second-century coffin that is now in the British Museum. He claimed to have met Egypt's khedive, Muhammad Ali Pasha, with whom he discussed English horses and military campaigns. Heading next to Mount Sinai and Jerusalem, he was brutally attacked by bandits on the road to Jericho, leaving him injured and naked. He recovered and continued his journey through the Middle East and back to England, where he published this lively and often amusing account of his adventures in 1823.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108077188
ISBN 13 
9781108077187
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
362
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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