num_pages: 329
description: This study fills a historical gap by exploring the writings of European travellers to Egypt between around 1300 and 1600. It draws upon sources hitherto inaccessible to English-speaking audiences. Most published travel writing about Egypt derives from the 18th and 19th centuries.
language: None
title: How Many Miles to Babylon?: European Travels and Adventures in Egypt 1300-1600
publisher: Liverpool University Press