Every Traveller Needs a Compass

Contents

 

Introduction..................................................................................................................vii

Neil Cooke

 

1 Sir John Young, High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands,

and His Private Letter Book, 1856–57.................................................................... 1

Sonia P. Anderson

 

2 Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1866........................................................................ 15

Joseph Attard Tabone

 

3 The Travels of G. A. Wallin and His Views on Western Influence

in the Middle East.................................................................................................... 23

Patricia Berg

 

4 The Relative Contributions of William John Bankes and Charles Barry

to the Early Plans of Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan): Evidence from the Bankes

and Barry Archives.................................................................................................. 33

Don Boyer

 

5 Jean-Jacques Rifaud’s Lithographs – His Drawings of Egyptian

Archaeology, Natural History, Manners and Customs....................................... 53

Marie-Cécile Bruwier

 

6 Travelling Companions: Mohammed Ashgar,

also known as John Bedair (1815–74)................................................................... 65

Neil Cooke

 

7 An Innovative Antiquarian: Alexander Henry Rhind’s Excavations

in Egypt and His Collection in the National Museums Scotland.................... 87

Ross Irving and Margaret Maitland

 

8 From the Kremlin’s Walls to the Foot of the Pyramids:

Early Muscovite Travellers in Egypt.................................................................. 101

Maksim Lebedev

 

9 Hieroglyphs from the North: Newcastle’s Early Travellers in Egypt

and Their Correspondence with Jean-François Champollion........................ 113

Margaret Maitland

 

10 Amalia Sola Nizzoli (1805–45/49), Archaeologist ante litteram

in Egypt and the Origins of the Third Nizzoli Collection............................ 131

Daniela Picchi

 

11 Artists and Painters in the ‘German House’ at Thebes, 1905–15................ 143

Daniel Polz

 

12 Raymond O’Shea and The Sand Kings of Oman as a Source

for Trucial Coast History................................................................................... 155

Nicholas Stanley-Price

 

13 Did the Elephants Ever Forget?......................................................................... 171

Peta Rée

 

14 The Admiral’s Daughter..................................................................................... 181

John Thompson

 

15 A Swiss Egyptologist on Her Majesty’s Service: Edouard Naville

(1844–1926) in the Delta.................................................................................... 189

Hélène Virenque

 

16 Ulrich Jasper Seetzen........................................................................................... 197

Carsten Walbiner

 

17 Every Traveller Needs a Compass..................................................................... 205

Ronald E. Zitterkopf

 

Index........................................................................................................................... 215