Souvenirs and new ideas : travel and collecting in Egypt and the Near East /

Souvenirs and new ideas : travel and collecting in Egypt and the Near East /

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Other Authors: Fortenberry, Diane.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: [Oxford] : Oxbow books and the David Brown Book Company, 2013.

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Europeans > Travel > Middle East > History.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Egypt > History.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Middle East > History.
Tourism > Egypt > History.
Tourism > Middle East > History.
Egypt > Antiquities > Collectors and collecting > Europe.
Middle East > Antiquities > Collectors and collecting > Europe.

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Call Number: DS44.98 .S68 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • •Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Malta, the Lycian Marbles and the Tomb of the English Lady; Chapter 2: Elsa Sophia von Kamphoevener, Baroness of Fairy Tales; Chapter 3: Edward Libbey: An American Glass Magnate Collects in Egypt; Chapter 4: Seeking the Collectors: Çanakkale Jugs in UK Collections; Chapter 5: War and Peace and Travel and Writing: European Exploration in Egypt and the Sudan, 1798-1898; Chapter 6: An Irish Woman in Egypt: The Travels of Lady Harriet Kavanagh; Chapter 7: Jeremiah Colman: A Norfolk Traveller in Egypt •Chapter 8: A Thousand and One Books: The Early Travel Literature of Ludwig KeimerChapter 9: George Hoskins, Travels in Ethiopia and the History of Meroe; Chapter 10: Fortunes of War: Egyptologists in Cairo during the Second World War; Chapter 11: Waynman Dixon: In the Shadow of the Needle; Chapter 12: Mrs William Grey and the Prince of Wales Coffins; Chapter 13: Sir Robert Ainslie, Domenico Sestini and Luigi Mayer: A Case of Who Went Where, with Whom and When; Chapter 14: John Madox: A Diligent Traveller and His Scattered Legacy; Index; Colour Plates