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Perez the Mouse (Hardcover)
Luis Coloma, Ada Margarete Smith Moreton, George Howard Vyse
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R787
Discovery Miles 7 870
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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An army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse
(1784-53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume
work, published in 1840-2, has remained an instructive resource in
Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal,
with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail
his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids.
Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the
engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813-69). Vyse gives
observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and
architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important
work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using
gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing
'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Volume 1 (1840)
covers the start of his travels in Egypt and the early excavations
on the Great Pyramid.
An army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse
(1784-53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume
work, published in 1840-2, has remained an instructive resource in
Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal,
with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail
his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids.
Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the
engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813-69). Vyse gives
observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and
architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important
work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using
gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing
'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Volume 2 (1840)
contains detailed descriptions of the excavation of several
pyramids and their contents, and appendices with extensive
measurements.
An army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse
(1784-53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume
work, published in 1840-2, has remained an instructive resource in
Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal,
with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail
his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids.
Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the
engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813-69). Vyse gives
observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and
architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important
work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using
gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing
'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Volume 3 (1842)
describes the work continued by Perring on various pyramids, and on
the mummy pits at Saqqara.
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Perez the Mouse (Paperback)
Luis Coloma, Ada Margarete Smith Moreton, George Howard Vyse
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R421
Discovery Miles 4 210
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Title: A winter in Tangier and home through Spain.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and
documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also
included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of
trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Vyse, L Howard; 1882.
viii. 276 p.; 8 . 10097.b.16.
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the
World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important
historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come
from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject
produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a
discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the
subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the
Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the
book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous
generations.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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