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 /

: 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. : xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimilies ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index. : 9781909942165