Every traveller needs a compass : travel and collecting in Egypt and the Near East / / edited by Neil Cooke and Vanessa Daubney
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Every traveller needs a compass : travel and collecting in Egypt and the Near East / / edited by Neil Cooke and Vanessa Daubney
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : ASTENE : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 916.204 |
| Soggetto topico: | Travelers - Egypt |
| Travelers - Middle East | |
| Travelers' writings, European | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Egypt Description and travel Congresses |
| Middle East Description and travel Congresses | |
| Egypt Antiquities Collectors and collecting Europe Congresses | |
| Middle East Antiquities Collectors and collecting Europe Congresses | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CookeNeil <1947-> |
| DaubneyVanessa | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| "Collection of papers from the ASTENE Conference held at Aston University, Birmingham, over the weekend of 12-15 July 2013." | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction; 1 Sir John Young, High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands,and His Private Letter Book, 1856-57; 2 Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1866; 3 The Travels of G. A. Wallin and His Views on Western Influencein the Middle East; 4 The Relative Contributions of William John Bankes and Charles Barryto the Early Plans of Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan): Evidence from the Bankesand Barry Archives; 5 Jean-Jacques Rifaud's Lithographs - His Drawings of EgyptianArchaeology, Natural History, Manners and Customs; 6 Travelling Companions: Mohammed Ashgar,also known as John Bedair (1815-74). |
| 7 An Innovative Antiquarian: Alexander Henry Rhind's Excavationsin Egypt and His Collection in the National Museums Scotland8 From the Kremlin's Walls to the Foot of the Pyramids:Early Muscovite Travellers in Egypt; 9 Hieroglyphs from the North: Newcastle's Early Travellers in Egyptand Their Correspondence with Jean-François Champollion; 10 Amalia Sola Nizzoli (1805-45/49), Archaeologist ante litteramin Egypt and the Origins of the Third Nizzoli Collection; 11 Artists and Painters in the 'German House' at Thebes, 1905-15 | |
| 12 Raymond O'Shea and The Sand Kings of Oman as a Sourcefor Trucial Coast History13 Did the Elephants Ever Forget?; 14 The Admiral's Daughter; 15 A Swiss Egyptologist on Her Majesty's Service: Edouard Naville(1844-1926) in the Delta; 16 Ulrich Jasper Seetzen; 17 Every Traveller Needs a Compass; Index | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Every traveller needs a compass |
| ISBN: | 1-78570-102-9 |
| 1-78570-100-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460849303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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