Ottoman explorations of the Nile : Evliya Celebi`s`Matchless pearl these reports of the Nile` map and his accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa in The book of travels /
Dankoff, Robert,
Ottoman explorations of the Nile : Evliya Celebi's'Matchless pearl these reports of the Nile' map and his accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa in The book of travels / Robert Dankoff, Nuran Tezcan, Michael D. Sheridan. - xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimilies ; 25 cm. - Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series. . - Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series. .
Color reproduction of the'Vatican map of the Nile' (Vat. Turc. 73; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) on sheet folded inside back cover. Origin of map manuscript: circa 1685 in Turkish with Arabic script; represents Valley of the Nile; original title: Dürr-i bî-misîl în ahbâr-ı Nîl.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index.
Text in English and Turkish.
9781909942165 RM430.00
Erliya Celebi, 1611?-1682? --Travels.
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
Nile River Valley--Maps.
Nile River--Discovery and exploration.
Ottoman explorations of the Nile : Evliya Celebi's'Matchless pearl these reports of the Nile' map and his accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa in The book of travels / Robert Dankoff, Nuran Tezcan, Michael D. Sheridan. - xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimilies ; 25 cm. - Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series. . - Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series. .
Color reproduction of the'Vatican map of the Nile' (Vat. Turc. 73; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) on sheet folded inside back cover. Origin of map manuscript: circa 1685 in Turkish with Arabic script; represents Valley of the Nile; original title: Dürr-i bî-misîl în ahbâr-ı Nîl.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index.
Text in English and Turkish.
9781909942165 RM430.00
Erliya Celebi, 1611?-1682? --Travels.
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
Nile River Valley--Maps.
Nile River--Discovery and exploration.