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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 October 2014
    31 October 2013
    ISBN:
    9781107338753
    9781108066679
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338753
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.52kg, 412 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    The French author and traveller Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf (1757–1820) adopted the pen name Volney, which combined the name of Voltaire and Ferney, where the great philosopher lived. A friend of Thomas Jefferson and other Enlightenment figures, Volney used an inheritance to further his education by travelling to Ottoman Egypt and the historical region of Syria, visiting areas of present-day Lebanon and Israel. He chose these lands as he believed he would gain political and philosophical insights from their ancient heritage. Very little had been written in the West about these areas before he published this two-volume account in 1787. It enjoyed great popularity and even accompanied Darwin aboard the Beagle on his own voyage of discovery decades later. Reissued here is the revised and corrected French second edition, which also appeared in 1787. Volume 1 delves into the geography, ethnic divisions, religious beliefs, commerce and politics of Egypt and Syria.

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