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Travels along the Mediterranean and Parts Adjacent - In Company with the Earl of Belmore, during the Years 1816-17-18 (Paperback)
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Travels along the Mediterranean and Parts Adjacent - In Company with the Earl of Belmore, during the Years 1816-17-18 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor, Volume 1
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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. 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, especially Cairo,
where Richardson made the acquaintance of Burckhardt (whose death
he witnessed), Belzoni, Henry Salt and other early explorers of
Egypt's past. Having reached the Nile's second cataract, they
returned to Thebes, where they were greeted with news of Princess
Charlotte's death. Richardson's account is full of detail, both of
the archaeological remains and of everyday life in modern Egypt."
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor, Volume 1 |
Release date: |
July 2014 |
Authors: |
Robert Richardson
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
564 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-07602-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
Historical geography
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LSN: |
1-108-07602-5 |
Barcode: |
9781108076029 |
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