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"
| ISBN: |
978-1-909942-16-5 |
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| Serie/Reihe: |
Royal Asiatic Society books Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series |
| Beschreibung: |
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; original title: Dürr-i bî-misîl în ahbâr-ı Nîl |
| Bibliographie: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index |
| Sprache und Schrift: |
Text in Englisch und Osmanisch |
| Beteiligte: |
Dankoff, Robert (1943-) (VerfasserIn) Tezcan, Nuran (1950-) (VerfasserIn) Sheridan, Michael D. (VerfasserIn) |
| Schlagwörter GND Inhalt: |
Evliyā Çelebī > 1611-1682 Geschichte 1600-1700 Historische Kartografie Nil (Motiv) Osmanisch Reiseschriftsteller Niltal |
| Schlagwörter Library of Congress Subject Headings: |
Evliya Çelebi > 1611?-1682? > Seyahatname Evliya Çelebi > 1611?-1682 > Travel Nile River Valley > Maps Nile River > Discovery and exploration |
| Schlagwörter GND Inhaltsform: |
Erlebnisbericht Reisebericht Quelle > 1685 |