Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and Asia Minor; During the Years 1817 & 1818
London: Darf Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, maps & plans (3 folding), index, xxxiii, 560p. Black cloth. dj. 22 cm. Reprint of the London edition of 1823. Irby and Mangles were two British naval officers who embarked from England for a tour of the continent in 1816. They expanded their trip to include Egypt and traveled up the Nile. They met with Bankes and Legh in Aleppo, with whom they became the earliest of modern explorers of Syria. They traveled through the Holy Land and became ill with dysentery. In December 1818 they traveled by ship to Marseilles on a long, seventy-six day ordeal. Very Good / Very Good. Item #70139
ISBN: 1850770824
Price: $20.00
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