Nile Without a Dragoman

This 1871 narrative by Frederic Eden describes how, unable to afford the normal European resource of a 'dragoman' (an Egyptian guide and factotum for all negotiations with the natives), he rented a river boat, and successfully sailed to Wadi Halfa (traditionally the furthest point in a Nile expedition), and back.

Summary

This 1871 narrative by Frederic Eden describes how, unable to afford the normal European resource of a 'dragoman' (an Egyptian guide and factotum for all negotiations with the natives), he rented a river boat, and successfully sailed to Wadi Halfa (traditionally the furthest point in a Nile expedition), and back.

Product details

• Authors: Frederic Eden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781108081979
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08197-9
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Geschichte, Archäologie, Afrika, HISTORY / General, TRAVEL / Africa / General, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology