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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 / Robert Dankoff, Nuran Tezcan, Michael D. Sheridan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dankoff, Robert, author.
- Tezcan, Nuran, author.
- Sheridan, Michael D. (Michael Douglas), author.
- Series:
- Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series
- Language:
- English
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Subjects (All):
- Evliya Çelebi, 1611?-1682? Seyahatname.
- Evliya Çelebi.
- Evliya Çelebi, 1611?-1682?--Travel.
- Evliya Çelebi, 1611?-1682?.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Maps.
- Travel.
- Nile River Valley--Maps.
- Nile River Valley.
- Nile River--Discovery and exploration.
- Nile River.
- Seyahatname (Evliya Çelebi).
- Nile River Region.
- Genre:
- Maps.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Gingko Library, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Turkish.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Ottomans and the Nile, p.3
- 2. The Nile Journeys in The Book of Travels [Seyahatname], p.5
- 3. The Vatican Map of the Nile, p.10
- 4. Muslim and Ottoman Maps of the Nile, p.13
- 5. Relation of the Map and the Book, p.22
- Part I: Translation of the Vatican Map of the Nile (Vat. Turc. 73, p.49
- 1. Prologue, p.51
- 2. TheMap, p.52
- Part II: Translation of Evliya Çelebi's accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa, from Volume 10 of The Book of Travels [Seyahatname], p.89
- 1. Preliminary and Cairo, Y3A-278A, p.91
- 2. First Journey: Cairo-Alexandria-Rosetta-Cairo, Y277B-341A, p.122
- 3. Second Journey: Cairo-Damietta-Cairo Y341B-360A, p.168
- 4. Third Journey: Cairo-Luxor-Ibrim Y360A-395A, p.191
- 5. Fourth Journey: Funjistan-Maghraq-Sennar-Jarsinqa Y395A-432B, p.249
- 6. Fifth Journey: Habesh Y 432B-443A,p.302
- 7. Sixty Journey: Ibrim-Faiyum-Cario Y443A Q341A-Q355A, p.341
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781909942165
- 1909942162
- OCLC:
- 1009310911
- Publisher Number:
- 99977014985
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