Americans in Egypt, 1770-1915 : explorers, consuls, travelers, soldiers, missionaries, writers and scientists
| 1. Verfasser: |
Vivian, Cassandra.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
x, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- John Antes : a forgotten American voice (missionary, 1770)
- John Ledyard : the man who walked the world (explorer, 1788)
- William Eaton : to the shores of Tripoli (American soldier, 1804-05)
- Francis Barthow : American dragoman in Egypt (explorer, c. 1804-1840)
- George Bethune English and the Egyptian Army Expedition of 1820-21 (explorer)
- The Gliddons and the beginning of American-Egyptian relations (consular service, 1832-1840)
- Sarah Rogers Haight steamin' to Egypt : the American traveler is born (traveler, 1836)
- Bayard Taylor's twice-told tale (traveler, 1851-52 and 1874)
- Charles Hale : an enigma (consular service, 1864-1868)
- Charles Chaille-Long : the man who fought an empire (American soldier, 1869-1882)
- Ulysses S. Grant : the king of America's progress through Egypt (traveler, 1877)
- Fanny Stone : diary of an American girl in Cairo (American soldiers, 1877)
- Anna Young Thompson : diary of a trip on the Ibis (missionary, 1887)
- Walter Granger and the American Museum of Natural History's expedition to the Fayoum (scientist, 1907)
- Theodore M. Davis : America's man in the Valley of the Kings (scientist, 1889-1915).
