Passages of Eastern Travel, Illustrated

This narrative of a nineteenth century American visiting Egypt was originally serialized in 1856. We join the narrator as he journeys from Malta to Alexandria on a steamer in search of graves to plunder. Reveries of the ancients abound as 19th century Egypt is described and explored. From Alexander to Cairo, Shopping in the Bazzar and Attending a Dervish service thrill American eyes. The system of justice in Cairo makes an American shudder. Then up the Nile to the second cataract in a small...