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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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