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008			120823s2011 gw ab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9783895008528
040			_aDLC _cNVIC _erda _dDLC
100	1		_aHeike C. Schmidt
245	1	0	_aWestcar on the Nile: _bA Journey through Egypt in the 1820s
264		1	_aWiesbaden: _bReichert Verlag Wiesbaden, _c2011
300			_a250 p., _bill. (chiefly color), color map; _c28 cm
440			_aMenschen-Reisen-Forschungen; Wissenschaftsgeschichte aus Ägypten; _vBand 1
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and indexes.
520			_aOn November 6, 1823, four Englishmen disembarked in the harbour of Alexandria. In the succeeding ten months, they traveled up the Nile as far as the Second Cataract and, in the course of their travels, witnessed the turmoils of a revolution against Mohamed Ali Pasha, the viceroy of Egypt. In this volume, Henry Westcar's journal, which was written during this journey, is edited and annotated for the first time in its entirety. Additionally, the book offers a profound overview of the reign of Mohamed Ali Pasha and particularly the treatment of ancient monuments. The topic of the famous Westcar Papyrus, which owes its name to the author of the journal, is discussed in an excursus.
546			_aForeword in German.
600	1	0	_aHenry Westcar _vDiaries
650			_aDescription and travel _vHistory _xAntiquities _zEgypt _zSyria _zGreece
942			_2ddc _cBK