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Book/Printed Material Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806

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Title

  • Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806

Summary

  • George Annesley, second Earl of Mountnorris (1770-1844), was a British aristocrat who, in 1802-06, undertook an extensive tour of parts of Asia and Africa. He was accompanied by Henry Salt (1780-1827), a trained artist who served as his secretary and draftsman. Mountnorris published this three-volume account of his travels upon his return to Britain, under the name Viscount Valentia, the title by which he was known in his younger years. The work includes engravings based on paintings and drawings made on the voyage by Salt, as well as two very detailed maps. Volume 1 is devoted mainly to India; Volume 2 to the Red Sea region; Volume 3 to Ethiopia and Egypt. A particularly noteworthy feature of the book is Salt's account of his 1805 visit to the Ethiopian highlands. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Mountnorris, George Annesley, Earl of, 1769-1844

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for W. Miller, 1809.

Headings

  • -  Egypt
  • -  Ethiopia--Description and travel
  • -  India--Description and travel
  • -  Red Sea
  • -  Sri Lanka

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-19

Medium

  • 3 v. plates, fold. maps, fold. plans. 30 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G495 .M92

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04019315

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mountnorris, George Annesley, Earl Of. Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years , 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London, Printed for W. Miller, 1809. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04019315/.

APA citation style:

Mountnorris, G. A. (1809) Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years , 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London, Printed for W. Miller. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04019315/.

MLA citation style:

Mountnorris, George Annesley, Earl Of. Voyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years , 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London, Printed for W. Miller, 1809. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04019315/>.