A Nile anthology : travel writing through the centuries
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Manley, Deborah
Abdel-Hakim, Sahar Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854 , [IllustratorIn] |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cairo :
American University in Cairo Press,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
ix, 152 p. : ill., map ; 17 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9789774167232 977-416-723-6 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The Nile. The boundaries of the country, c. 960 / Ebn Haukal ; The delights of Nile water, 1826 / John Carne ; Nile water, 1825 / R.R. Madden ; Notes along the Nile, 1910 / Pierre Loti
- Arrangements for traveling. Up Nile, c. 960 / Ebn Haukal ; Just an excursion, 1819 / John Fuller ; The Dahabiya, 1873 / Amelia Edwards ; Nile-boat prayers, 1842 / Sophia Poole ; Esprit du Nil, 1873 / Amelia Edwards ; At home on the Nile, 1849 / Florence Nightingale ; Onboard a river steamer, 1863 / Lucie Duff Gordon ; On the boats, 1990 / Deborah Manley ; Only on the river, 1836 / John Lloyd Stephens
- Weather conditions. Tracking, 1873 / Amelia Edwards ; The Khamsin, 1849 / Florence Nightingale ; Wind-bound, 1836 / John Lloyd Stephens
- Nile creatures. Melancholy and invaders, 1851 / George Melly ; Timseach! Timseach! 1843 / Eliot Warburton ; Crocodiles and Sekenkour, c. 960 / Ebn Haukal ; Locusts, 1827 / Robert Hay ; Creatures come down to drink, 1817 / Charles Irby and James Mangles
- Up to Luxor. The constant change of scene, 1833 / Robert Curzon ; Nile by night and dawn, 1843 / Eliot Warburton ; So much to see, 1848 / Harriet Martineau ; Life in the grottoes, 1860 / Mrs. M. Carey ; The Temple of Hermopolis at Minya, 1813 / James Silk Buckingham ; Asyut and explorations, 1836 / John Lloyd Stephens ; Coming upon Dendera by night, 1829 / Jean Francois Champollion ; Akhmim : a wondrous thing, 1183 / Ibn Jubayr
- Luxor. Luxor : ancient Thebes, 1846 / Cuthbert Young ; Hundred-gated Thebes, 1817 / Charles Irby and James Mangles ; Good morning, Luxor! 1873 / Amelia Edwards ; Luxor Temple : grandeur and craft, 1844 / Prince Puckler-Muskau ; Life at Thebes, 1850 / Florence Nightingale ; Karnak at last, 1799 / Vivant Denon ; Dining at Karnak, 1930 / Princess Marta Bibescu ; Temples on the Other Side, 1819 / John Fuller ; Medinet Habu and the Tombs, 1799 / Vivant Denon ; Preparing to collect the 'Young Memnon,' 1817 / Giovanni Belzoni ; To the Valley of the Kings, 1904 / William Jarvie ; To the Valley of the Kings, 1938 / H.V. Morton ; 'Belzoni's Tomb,' 1819 / John Fuller ; Walking above the Valley, 1927 / Annie Quibell ; On the Other Side, 1927 / Constance Sitwell
- On to Aswan. Upper Egypt in January, 1836 / William Ramsay ; Raising the water from the Nile, 1844 / Edward Lane ; Edfu, the ancient Apollinopolis Magna, 1827 / The modern traveller ; Observed at Kom Ombo, 1848 / Harriet Martineau ; Approach to Aswan, 1817 / Robert Richardson ; Impressions of Aswan, 1844 / Countess Hahn-Hahn ; Doing business at Aswan, 1879 / Villiers Stuart ; The brassy landscape of Nubia, 1827 / Constance Sitwell
- The Cataract and Nubia. The Cataract bars the way, 1777 / Claude Etienne Savary ; Into Nubia, 1897 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; An engineer at the Cataract, 1859 / Isambard Kingdom Brunel ; The rush of the Cataract, 1836 / Lord Lindsay ; Philae, 1825 / R.R. Madden ; Philae, 1852 / Arthur Penrhyn Stanley ; the Island of Philae, 1833 / Robert Curzon ; Reaching Derr, 1817 / Giovanni Belzoni ; Entering the Temple at Abu Simbel, 1817 / Giovanni Finati ; The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 1817 / Charles Irby and James Mangles ; At the Second Cataract, 1927 / Constance Sitwell ; The Great Rock at Abu Sir, 1836 / Lord Lindsey.
