A visit to the East
Subtitle: comprising Germany and the Danube, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Idumea
Publisher: James Burns
Published: 1843
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Chap. I. Northern Germany 1; title: II. Voyage down the Danube 13; title: III. Bosphorus and Constantinople 34; title: IV. The Levant and the Asiatic Island* 53; title: V. Quarantine, and its Employments 70; title: VI. Banks of the Nile 81; title: VII. Of the Nile; of the present state of Egypt, and of its Pasha 105; title: VIII. Napoleon Buonaparte in Egypt 125; title: IX. Of Primeval Theology, and the Parallel Testimonies of the Egyptian Monuments and the Books of Holy Scripture considered as Sacerdotal Records 137; title: X. The Missionary Schools in Cairo 158; title: XI. Egypt and Jewish Prophecy 171; title: XII. The Desert 182; title: XIII. The Caravan Route to Suea 196; title: XIV. From Suez to Mount Sinai— Arrival at the Convent 214; title: XV. The Convent of St. Catherine 224; title: XVI. Of the Route to Akaba. An Arab Fight. A Rainy Night. Parting with our Old Friends; and Bargain with an Arab Chieftain 244; title: XVII. From Akaba to Petra 257; title: XVIII. Petra, or Wadi Mousa 268; title: XIX. Petra — Third and Fourth Days 284; title: XX. Of the Prophecies relating to Edom, and their Fulfilment 295; title: XXI. Petra — A Farewell 309; title: XXII. From Petra to Jerusalem 319; title: XXIII. The Wanderings of the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai 334; title: XXIV. Conclusion 350; title: Appendix.— A Short History of the Ottoman Empire, translated from the German of J. von Hammer 358; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; title: Mount Sinai Frontispiece; title: Sheick Yomgebel Abouseeton Title; title: German Professor lecturing 12; title: Belgrade 13; title: Mosque at Constantinople 34; title: The Sultan 48; title: Patmos 53; title: Grotto at Patmos 64; title: Jaffa 69; title: Village on the Rosetta branch of the Nile 81; title: Cairo 104; title: Temple of Denderah 105; title: Statues of Memnon 124; title: Mosque of Sultan Hassan 177; title: Gate of the Citadel, and Scene of the Mamlouk Massacre 180; title: Sheick Suleiman Meoghyn 188; title: Valley of Rephidim 232; title: Encampment in Wadi el-Ain 248; title: Sheick Hussein 252; title: Kasr' Pharaoun to face 266; title: Archway at Petra 276; title: HDai to face 287; title: Chamber with fluted pilasters at Petra to face 289; title: Plan of Petra to face 294; title: Bethlehem 332; title: Mahmoudll 366