American travelers on the Nile : early U.S. visitors to Egypt, 1774-1839 /
The Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814, ending the War of 1812, allowed Americans once again to travel abroad. Medical students went to Paris, artists to Rome, academics to Gottingen, and tourists to all European capitals. More intrepid Americans ventured to Athens, to Constantinople, and even to Egypt....
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Language: English
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Cairo, Egypt :
The American University in Cairo,
2014.
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Call Number: DT49.98 .T85 2014
Table of Contents:
- 1. Americans in Eighteenth-Century Egypt
- 2. Napoleon and the French Savants in Egypt
- 3. Mehmet Ali and His New Egypt
- 4. The American Navy and Trade in the Mediterranean
- 5. The European Presence in Egypt from 1815-1825
- 6. Americans Return to Egypt
- 7. American Missionaries on Tour
- 8. The Eastern Question
- 9. The Lure of Egypt
- 10. The US Naval Squadron : Egyptian Curios and Civilian Passengers
- 11. Keepers of Diaries: 1833 to 1835
- 12. Traveling in Egypt
- 13. John L. Stephens and Fellow Tourists of the Mid-1830s
- 14. Steamship Travel
- 15. Professional Visitors
- 16. Mills, Giraffes, and Skulls (and Even the Telegraph)
- 17. Shall We Meet in Egypt?
- 18. Philip Rhinelander and His Friends
- 19. After 1839.