Lifting the veil: two centuries of travellers, traders and tourists in Egypt
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Main Author: Sattin, Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2011
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Item Description:List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Maps; Preface; PART ONE; PART TWO.
The Scottish traveller James Bruce, who reached Cairo in 1768, explained that he was on his way up the Nile merely to see what was there. In his footsteps there followed a multi-national crowd of traders and tourists, soldiers and fortune-seekers, scholars and empire-builders, lured by Egypt's rich and ancient history, her compelling landscapes, the elusive ruins of once-magnificent civilisations or her increasingly strategic importance in world politics. Spanning two centuries of Western fascination - from Bruce's intrepid journey up the Nile to the departure of the last British troops from S.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)
ISBN:0857719963
9780857719966

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