Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt - In Company With Several Divisions of French Army, During Campaigns

A lively, illustrated three-volume account, published in translation in 1803, of experiences in Egypt, by a savant travelling with Napoleon's army.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The author embarks at Toulon; 2. Arrival of the fleet at Malta - attack on the town and capitulation; 3. Storming of Alexandria; 4. March from Alexandria to the interior of the country; 5. The British fleet descried, and naval battle of Aboukir; 6. Anniversary feast on the birth of Mahomet; 7. The author enters the Delta; 8. Voyage from Rosetta up the Nile to Cairo; 9. Mummies of the ibis in the vaults of Saccara, and conjectures concerning that bird; 10. Desaix returns to Cairo for reinforcements.

Summary

Vivant Denon (1747–1825), a dilettante and diplomat under the Ancien Régime, survived the Revolution and accompanied Napoleon's army to Egypt. The publication in 1802 of this lively, illustrated three-volume account (translated a year later) is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called 'Egyptian Revival' style of architecture and interior design.

Product details

• Authors: Vivant Denon, Denon Vivant
• Assisted by: Arthur Aikin (Translation), Aikin Arthur (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108080200
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08020-0
• No. of pages: 444
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, Archaeology by period / region, Geographical discovery and exploration