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How many miles to Babylon? travels and adventures to Egypt and beyond, from 1300 to 1640

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0853236585 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780853236580 (hbk.)
Author	Wolff, Anne
Title	How many miles to Babylon? : travels and adventures to Egypt and beyond, from 1300 to 1640 / [by] Anne Wolff
Publisher	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003
Physical desc.	xiv, [2], 311 p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-296) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The Mamluk rulers of Egypt -- Egypt imagined and the realities of the voyage -- The maritime port of Alexandria -- Sailing upstream to Cairo -- Cairo: 'meeting place of comer and goer' -- Venetian diplomacy and the arrival of the Ottomans -- Exploring the pyramids and mummy fields -- Pilgrims to the monastery of St. Catherine -- Adventures with the Mecca caravan -- To the south.
Subject	Travelers -- Egypt -- History
	Europeans -- Egypt -- History
	Egypt -- Description and travel
	Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517
	Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882

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10009647	910.95 WOL	RL		. Available .