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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 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dankoff, Robert (Author), Tezcan, Nuran (Author), Sheridan, Michael D. (Michael Douglas) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Turkish, Ottoman
Language Notes:Text in English and Turkish.
Published: London : Gingko Library, 2018.
Series:Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series.
Subjects:
Evliya Çelebi, > 1611?-1682? > Seyahatname.
Evliya Çelebi, > 1611?-1682? > Travel.
Nile River Valley > Maps.
Nile River > Discovery and exploration.
Description
Item Description: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 and original title: Dürr-i bî-misîl în ahbâr-ı Nîl.
Physical Description:xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-432) and index.
ISBN:9781909942165
1909942162