Nile river (30 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: Pearsons Magazine, London, 1899
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Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery Morell, Virginia
Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery Morell, Virginia
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: National Geographic, 2001
Serie: Adventure Press, Buch 10 von 17. Buch 10 von 17 - Adventure Press
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, Thomson presents his findings on the source of the Nile River, one of the great mysteries of geography and natural history. He describes his travels throughout Africa, his encounters with local peoples, and his scientific observations of the river and its environs. Thomson's gro…undbreaking work laid the foundation for future research into the Nile and its role in African ecology and culture. This book is a seminal work of African exploration and scientific discovery.
Verlag: A. Bell & C. Macfarquhar, Edinburgh, 1797
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Unframed Print. Zustand: New. A perfect addition for collectors or anyone looking to add a touch of timeless charm to their surroundings, or if you wish makes a thoughtful gift. A professionally produced print on premium heavyweight stock, with clear, detailed reproduction in an easy to frame A4 format. Because each print is mad…e directly from vintage and antiquarian originals, any historic quirks, light wear, or age toning present in the source material will appear in the reproduction, preserving the character of the original piece. Delivered in a smart protective sleeve, perfect for gifting, display, or immediate framing in any A4 (or larger) frame. Printed image area approx. 17 Ã 25.5 cm. Unframed. Size: Approx printed image size 17 x 25.5 cms. Category: Art & Design Prints; Unframed New Prints; Historic Reprints; Prints Mixed Selection; NEW PRINTS : Antiquarian Interest. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, Thomson presents his findings on the source of the Nile River, one of the great mysteries of geography and natural history. He describes his travels throughout Africa, his encounters with local peoples, and his scientific observations of the river and its environs. Thomson's groundbrea…king work laid the foundation for future research into the Nile and its role in African ecology and culture. This book is a seminal work of African exploration and scientific discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo, 455 pages; blue embossed publisher's cloth with the tag of Remnant & Edmonds of London at rear pastedown, unopened, untrimmed, repaired tear at top of spine, inked name on title-page, light dampstain on fore-edge of the top cover. Note: publisher's cloth binding tag at rear f…rom Remnant & Edmonds. Lepsius was the foremost Prussian Egyptologist. His three-year expedition to Giza in 1842 established him as the Father of the scientific discipline of Egyptology. He was also a prominent scholar in African languages. This is a translation of his Briefe aus Aegypten, Aethiopien und der Halbinsel des Sinai. His 12-volume work on the pyramids, DENKMALER AUS AEGYPTEN UND AETHIOPIEN, especially remains essential. Chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate. chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate (illustrator).
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LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1868 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands.… A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 37 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 37.
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Album of Nine Attractive Original Watercolour Views of Egypt and the River Nile. December 1892 - February 1893.
Album of Nine Attractive Original Watercolour Views of Egypt and the River Nile
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Nine original watercolours on paper, from ca. 12,5x17,5 cm (5 x 6 ¾ in) to ca. 6,5x12,5 cm (2 ½ x 5 in), mounted within ink-drawn frames on the original white album leaves ca. 21x27,5 cm (8 ¼ x 11 in). All watercolours captioned and dated in period ink on the mounts. Period style dark green morocco… album with a gilt tooled spine and cloth boards. Several leaves with minor stains on the lower blank right corners of the mounts, not affecting the watercolours, otherwise a very good collection. An attractive album of bright watercolour views drawn by a British traveller during his Nile cruise in the winter of 1892-1893. Dated between December 1892 and February 25th 1893, the watercolours show Assouan (Aswan), Cairo, Girgeh (Girga), the ancient Thebes, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the pyramids of Meidum and Saqqara. Overall a beautiful watercolour collection showing some of the iconic Egyptian sites through the eyes of a 19th-century British traveller. Captions: Assouan. Egypt. December 1892 (two different views); The Nile near Thebes. February 13th 1893; Girgeh. Egypt. February 18th 1893; Pyramid of Medum. February 21st 1893 (two different views); Cairo from the Nile. February 23rd 1893; Pyramid of Sakkarah. February 23rd 1893; Pyramids of Gizeh. Sunset. February 25th 1893.
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None. Zustand: None. Oblong Folio album (ca. 25x33 cm). 12 card stock leaves. With 96 mounted original gelatin silver photographs ca. 6x8 cm (2 ¼ x 3 in). Most photos with period ink/pencil captions (French) on the mounts. Period custom-made full-cloth album with gilt-lettered title "En Orient" and date on the front cover. Edges… slightly worn, several photos with mild silvering, but otherwise a very good album with strong, interesting photos. Historically interesting album of lively vernacular photos taken by a French traveler, during his three-week voyage in the summer of 1900. As follows from the photographs, the compiler and his/her companions left the French coast on board the steamship "Sénégal" (1870-1913) and sailed to Izmir and Istanbul with a stopover in Pompeii. From there, the travelers passed through the Bosporus Strait and continued south along the Levantine coast, stopping at Beirut and Sidon (modern Lebanon) and Haifa (modern Israel/Palestine). They then traveled inland to Hama and Aleppo (modern Syria), before proceeding via Port Said to Luxor (modern Egypt) and later reaching Kosti (modern Sudan) on the White Nile. The collection contains ninety-six well-executed photographs from the voyage and opens with about eight photos of Marseille. The images show general views of the city, local landmarks (Basilica of Notre Dame, Marseille Cathedral), and what appears to be Marseille-Fos Port. Especially interesting are several candid urban scenes from Izmir, depicting street festivities with numerous flags celebrating the sultan's anniversary, crowds of tourists disembarking at the city's port, and portraits of local life, including a Turkish man drinking tea in the middle of a street. The Ottoman series concludes with over twenty early photographs of Istanbul, capturing its coastal panoramas, iconic landmarks (Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Gate to Istanbul University, Çırağan Palace, Fountain of Ahmed III, etc.), and the disciplined march of the Turkish Infantry through the city streets. Four rare photos of Beirut feature excellent city panoramas, a now-destroyed waterfront hotel, and the portrait of a barefoot black orphan. There are also a few photos from Sidon, showing Crusader sea castle and entry to the port of "Saida." About five lively photos of Haifa depict views of the Mount Carmel, the bustling train station, and Stella Marris Monastery with worshippers gathered in the courtyard. A couple of well-executed photographs from Syria feature early views of a Norias in Hama and Khusruwiyah Mosque in Aleppo. One important photograph depicts the newly established city of Kosti, founded in 1899 in Sudan, showing the city's train station with a sign in both Arabic and French. The album also includes about fifteen photos of Luxor, showing general city views, local landmarks (Luxor Hotel, Colossi of Memnon, Temple of Khonsu, etc.), and a group portrait of local Bedouin children. The rest of the images mostly show the steamship "Sénégal" from various angles, about a dozen views of Pompeii (the House of the Tragic Poet, Casa dei Forni, the Triangular Forum, and Via Stabiana), as well as several unidentified photographs. Overall, historically interesting album of lively vernacular photos taken by a French traveler, during his three-week voyage in the summer of 1900.
Wyld's Military Staff Map. / Map of the Nile District between Assouan and Khartoum. / Wyld's Egyptian Series No. 13.
1885 Wyld Folding Map of the Nile River, Nile Expedition, Mahdist War
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Very good. Original linen stable. Folds into original linen binder with paper label. Size 34.5 x 25.5 Inches. This is James Wyld's c. 1885 large-format folding map of the Nile River between Aswan and Khartoum - essentially southern Egypt and Sudan. Produced during the early stages of the Mahdist War (1881 - 1899) and in the wake… of the Nile Expedition, it is dedicated by Wyld to Lord General Garnet Wolseley, the leader of the expedition and one of the most decorated British military officers of the era. A Closer Look The map covers the Nile River Delta from the First Cataract near Aswan (Assouan) to Khartoum, where the White Nile (Bahr al Abyad) and Blue Nile (Bahr al-Azraq) converge. A high level of detail is maintained throughout, including hundreds of settlements and historical ruins along the river and throughout the river delta, cataracts of the Nile, railway and telegraph lines, dry and seasonal riverbeds, caravan routes, wells, areas of elevation, and more. A wide range of supplementary information is included, such as the distance from Cairo to Aswan by rail and steamer, the ability (or lack thereof) of different types of boats to traverse the cataracts at different times (High Nile and Low Nile), railways that allow travelers to avert the cataracts, information on wells and sources of fresh water, and the camel breeding district of Wady el Kab managed by Kababish nomads. Blue numbers indicate the elevation of the river in feet above sea level, reaching a maximum of 1,188 at Khartoum. A small legend appears at the bottom towards the right, and Wyld's dedication to Wolseley is at the top left. An inset map at the right towards the top indicates the area covered by the map within the wider context of northeastern Africa. A second inset focuses on the area around the port of Suakin (Suakim), which strongly suggests that the map was printed in the late stages of or after the Nile Expedition, roughly in the second half of 1885. The Mahdist War This map is undated and only obliquely mentions conflict, but it was produced in the context of the Mahdist War, a massive religiously-inspired uprising against the rule of the British-backed Khedivate of Egypt beginning in 1881. The conflict was initially only one of many in the orbit of Britain's global empire, but it captured the public's imagination in 1884, when the charismatic adventurer-soldier Charles Gordon, acting beyond his orders from the British government, decided to defend Khartoum in a months-long siege, prompting the organization of a relief expedition. Charles George Gordon (1833 - 1885) was one of the more colorful and storied British imperial adventurers of the 19th century. Born to a family with a long line of British military service, he attended a military academy and then served in the Royal Engineers during the Crimean War with great distinction. Already at a young age, Gordon had a reputation for pluckiness and for disregarding orders, which would ultimately be his undoing. Finding peacetime life uninteresting, Gordon volunteered to fight in China during the Second Opium War (1856-1860), which he arrived too late to participate in, instead finding work in Shanghai leading a multinational group of mercenaries known as the Ever Victorious Army against the rebels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He gained a reputation for honesty and effectiveness, imposing strict discipline on his mercenary force that was otherwise prone to plunder, rape, and corruption. Gordon was highly decorated by the Tongzhi Emperor and was praised by the foreign community in China, earning him the nickname 'Chinese Gordon.' At the same time, his frankness, such as criticizing Chinese officials to their faces and refusing monetary rewards from the emperor, was seen as uncouth and impudent. After his service to the emperor in China, Gordon found employment with the Egyptian Khedive government, which appointed him as governor of their southern Equatoria province, over which they had only nom.
