Ottoman explorations of the Nile : Evliya Çelebi'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 /

Ottoman explorations of the Nile : Evliya Çelebi'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 /

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Main Author: Dankoff, Robert (Author)

Other Authors: Sheridan, Michael D., Tezcan, Nuran.

Format: Book

Language: English
Turkish

Published: London : Ginko Library, 2018.

Series: Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series

Subjects:

Evliya Çelebi, > 1611?-1682?
Nile River Valley > Maps.

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Call Number: DT215 .D29

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Item Description: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 of "The book of travels" = Durr-i bi-misil �n ahbar-i Nil.
Physical Description:xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimilies ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index.
ISBN:9781909942165