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Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt

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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)
The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1901. 671 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
Map of Cook's Steamer and Dahabeah Service on the Nile

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Flyleaf, double page spread, Map of Cook's Steamer and Dahabeah Service on the Nile

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)
The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1901. 671 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt

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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)
The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1901. 671 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
The Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu (plan)

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Plan of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu (p. 402)

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934)
The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1901. 671 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile

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Cover, showing the ornate design in blues and gold often favored by designers of Egyptian travel books.

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Great Rock-cut Temple, Abou Simbel, Nubia

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Frontispiece illustration of Abu Simbel

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Gertasse

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Title Page; with wood engraving of Gertassee

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Cleaning the Colossus

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Wood engraving showing workers cleaning the Temple of Abu Simbel

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Columns of Amenhotep III (Luxor)

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Wood engraving of tourist group in Luxor (p. 453)

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Sphinx and Pyramids

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Wood engraving showing typical view of the Sphinx and two pyramids (p. 489)

Amelia Blanford Edwards (1831-1892)
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. 499 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East

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Battered cover of Lucy H. Baird's, daughter of Spencer F. Baird, travel copy

William Pembroke Fetridge
Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1 vol

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
With Lucy Baird's name on it

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Flyleaf, with Lucy H. Baird's, daughter of Spencer F. Baird, signature

William Pembroke Fetridge
Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1 vol

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East

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William Pembroke Fetridge
Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1 vol

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
Atlantic Routes

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Map showing trans-Atlantic steamer routes (after p. xvi)

William Pembroke Fetridge
Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1 vol

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
Thebes

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Plan of Thebes, showing both sides of the Nile (after p. 502)

William Pembroke Fetridge
Harper’s Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1 vol

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. 458 p

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. 458 p

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Louksor

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Map of Luxor (before p. 251)

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. 458 p

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Sketch Map of Egypt

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Map of Egypt

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt and the Sûdân: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. 458 p

From the collection of the Museum Studies & Reference Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. 2 vols

From the collection of the Anthropology Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. 2 vols

From the collection of the Anthropology Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
The Great Temple of Ammon at Karnak

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Plan of the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. 2 vols

From the collection of the Anthropology Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
Plan of Karnak

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Plan of the Karnak

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers; Upper Egypt, With Nubia as Far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. 2 vols

From the collection of the Anthropology Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Environs of Cairo

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Double page map of Cairo (after p. 64)

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
The Third Pyramid

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Cutaway view of the Third Pyramid (p. 122)

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Comparative Table of English and Egyptian Money

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Inside back cover showing comparative money values

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Le Delta

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Map showing the Nile Delta

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Egypt: Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. 408 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1885. 2 vols

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers

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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1885. 2 vols

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers

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Double page spread of Names of Kings in hieroglyphics (pp. 122-123)

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1885. 2 vols

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers
Pyramids of Gizeh (map)

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Plan of the Giza plateau (after p. 354)

Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Lower Egypt; Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1885. 2 vols

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes

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Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (1846-1916)
Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes
New York: D. Appleton, 1911. 330 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Ten Years’ Digging in Egypt 1881-1891

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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942)
Ten Years’ Digging in Egypt 1881-1891
New York: Revell, 1892. 201 p

From the collection of the Anthropology Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs

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Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs

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Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Shepheards Hotel

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Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs

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Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Shepheards Hotel. Saloon

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Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs

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Advertisement for "Cook's Tours of Egypt, the Nile, & Palestine"

Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs

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Decorative advertisements for E. Camoin Fils and E. Raiss & Co.

Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo and Egypt: A Practical Handbook for Visitors to the Land of the Pharaohs
Cairo: Shepheard's Hotel, ca. 1897-1917. 101 p

From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, The National Design Museum Library



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