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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vivant Denon, Denon Vivant
• Con la collaborazione di: Arthur Aikin (Traduzione), Aikin Arthur (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108080200
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08020-0
• Pagine: 444
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; 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