Author: John James Halls
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This two-volume biography of the antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827), published in 1834, describes his work in Abyssinia and Egypt.
The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq.
Author: John James Halls
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This two-volume biography of the antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827), published in 1834, describes his work in Abyssinia and Egypt.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This two-volume biography of the antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827), published in 1834, describes his work in Abyssinia and Egypt.
The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq. F.r.s.
Author: J J Halls Esq
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494498832
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Published in 1834, this is volume 1 of 2 of the biography and correspondence of Henry Salt, British Consul to Egypt, who reported on ancient caves beneath the great pyramids of Giza. Volume 1
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494498832
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Published in 1834, this is volume 1 of 2 of the biography and correspondence of Henry Salt, British Consul to Egypt, who reported on ancient caves beneath the great pyramids of Giza. Volume 1
Consuls and the Institutions of Global Capitalism, 1783–1914
Author: Ferry de Goey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317320972
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe. A consular presence in a new territory had numerous advantages for business and trade. Using specific case studies, de Goey demonstrates the key role played by consuls in the rise of the global economy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317320972
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe. A consular presence in a new territory had numerous advantages for business and trade. Using specific case studies, de Goey demonstrates the key role played by consuls in the rise of the global economy.
The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq.
Author: John James Halls
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074685
Category : Consuls
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) hoped to become a portrait painter, but recognised his own limitations, and instead entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. After a second expedition, this time on behalf of the British government, in which he made observations and collections of the local flora and fauna, he was appointed consul-general to Egypt, and in his spare time carried out excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. This two-volume work was published in 1834 by Salt's close friend, the painter J.J. Halls (1776-1853). Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.--
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074685
Category : Consuls
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) hoped to become a portrait painter, but recognised his own limitations, and instead entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. After a second expedition, this time on behalf of the British government, in which he made observations and collections of the local flora and fauna, he was appointed consul-general to Egypt, and in his spare time carried out excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. This two-volume work was published in 1834 by Salt's close friend, the painter J.J. Halls (1776-1853). Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.--
The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820
Author: Neil Chambers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000965945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000965945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.
The Monthly Review
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology, Volume 1
Author: Jason Thompson
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617976369
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later. This, the first of a three-volume survey of the history of Egyptology, follows the fascination with ancient Egypt from antiquity until 1881, tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so. Only by understanding how Egyptology has developed can we truly understand the Egyptian past.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617976369
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later. This, the first of a three-volume survey of the history of Egyptology, follows the fascination with ancient Egypt from antiquity until 1881, tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so. Only by understanding how Egyptology has developed can we truly understand the Egyptian past.
Bibliotheca Orientalis
Author: Luzac &co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description