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Excerpt from Travels Through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing the Present Natural and Political State of Those Countries, Their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; With Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs; Illustrated With Copper Plates
Egypt, for the Delta, and the defert of Si nai, is laid down from the altronomical oh fervations of M. Niebuhr, who travelled for the King of Denmark, in 1761: they are the latef't, and mot't accurate, yet publifhed. The fame traveller has afforded me great afiil'tance in the map of Syria, which I have completed from that of Danville, and my own Obfervations. To conclude, I have no doubt but the lovers of the ancient arts will thank me for accompanying with a drawing the defcription I have given of the two mo?.
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