Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt (The Middle East Collection) [Hardcover]

Vivant Denon (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Middle East Collection | Publication Date: June 1991

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1803. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE l.--Fig.l. THE west side of the island of Elba, which we passed on our left: in the centre of the plate directly opposite, is Cape St. Pierre; on the right, and sacing the other side of the island, where there are two birds* is Porto-Longone; on the left is Porto Ferrajo. Fig. 2. A view of the town of Malta, and the entrance of the two harbours, at the north-east part of the island: in the centre is the citadel of La Valetta; at the left, the entrance of the great harbour, the old city, and fort St. Angelo; at the right the port of Marza-Muchet, and in the further part, the Lazaretto, on the same side as La Valetta. Vol. III. I Fig. Fig. 3. The interior of the grand harbour: the citadel of La Valetta on the right; the batteries of fort St. Angelo on the left. Fig. 4. A View of Alexandria, taken in its whole extent from east to west. At the right is the old port Eunofliportus, enclofing the small harbour of Kibotus, and behind it the Mareotis; then comes the modern town, above which may be seen the rising ground of St. Catherine; further to the left are the fliips contained in the new port, Magnus Portus, terminated by the advancing jetty, and the castle of the lesser Pharos, the site of the ancient Pharos: to the right of this, in the distance, are Pompey's Pillar, the Mosque of St. Athanasius, the Great Morne, Cleopatra's Obelisk, or Needle, the ruins of the palace of the Ptolemies, and lastly the smaller Light-house, or Pharillon. N. B. Two other views of Malta, one of Sardinia, and one of Corsica, not referred to in the journal, are inserted in Plate fll. of which fee the explanation. - . PLATE . PLATE II. A Map of Lower Egypt, in which are traced the marches mentioned in the journal, and .the battles or skirmishes wh...

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Text: English, French (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405053312
• ISBN-13: 978-0405053313
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,525,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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