Crossing of the Desert from Calcutta to Thebes
The narrative recounts Elphinstone’s party caravaning from Corsier to Thebes with camels and tuk-trows, noting desert crossings, wells, climate, and the hedge of hospitality. It describes Luxor and Thebes monuments, Drovetti’s aid in Alexandria, and meetings with the Viceroy of Egypt while detailing antiquities and inscriptions. The piece also reports Navarro and Greek affairs, with promises of protection for Europeans.
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Calcutta
Flphinstone
Navarro
Barker
Aleppo
Salt
Navarin
Eventa
Mr. Elphinstone
Cossier
Thebes
Palinurus
Mocha
Red Sea
Effendi
Elphinstone
Lushington
Bowbay
Luxor
Nile
Caroac
Ure Luxor
Medcoet Haboo
Gournoa
London
Southwark
Thames
Carnar
Desert
Italia Bella
Syria
Sugnor Piccenini
Egypt
Signor Piccunini
Goursvo
Signor Picconini
Alexandria
Corsier
The
Fitzclarence
Monuments of Egypt Letter from St Champollion the Younger
A voyage narrative describing arrival at Alexandria aboard the corvette L Egle. The party reports quarantine fears, failed landing due to plague rumors, sailing past Malta toward Cyrene and Cap Rasat, then entering the ancient harbour with a French, English, Egyptian, Turkish and Algerine fleet in view. The piece notes the Viceroy of Egypt’s influence and ends with a maritime halt at five o'clock in the evening.
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Bray
Ain Vumandy
Neieette
Carcely
Morea
Tbrahim
Aig Anxiona
M. Drovetti
Alexandria
Rossellini
Bibent
Ricci
Egypt
M. Drovetty
France
Sléber
Heliopolis
Pompey
Psammeticus II
Cleopatra
Pacha
Paris
Maris
Tretrapolis
Sesostris
Dez
M. Bibent
Mornior
Constantinople
Isle of
Pharos
Divac
Greece
Ahmed
Patras
Thebes
M. Dacier
Cait
St Champollion the Younger
Alenandreia
AtGc
Aprigeotum
Toulon
L' Egle
Cosmao Dumanoir
Sicily
Marseilles
Italy
Girgenti
Malta
Gozzo
Camillo
Valetta
Cyrene
Cap Rasat
Taposiris
Daniel
Abe
Navaria
Pric
Struggle on Varna Fronts Reports Naval and Land Actions
The Seraskier orders Alish Pacha to strike the Russians near Strandcha. In a fierce engagement at Boulassek 200 Russians killed, 29 captured as Turks gain a decisive victory over 6,000 Russian cavalry near Varna. Garrisoned forts at Silistria and Varna show heavy casualties for the Russians. Ottoman forces burn enemy wagons and seize horses and ammunition. The Turkish camp at Ramis Tcheflik shows martial zeal as new detachments march to the Danube. A victory by General Geismar between Widdin and Craiova is reported from Bucharest via the Augsburg Gazette.
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Alish Pacha
Strandcha
Boulassek
Alishh Pacha
Wittfenstein
Varna
Tzzel Mehem d Pacha
Caot Ubate
Porte
Varoa
Capitan Pacta
Silistria
Roth
Mahomed
Chvumla
Jeni Bazar
Pioner
Ramis Tcheflik
Adrianople
Asia
Danube
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Odessa
Augsburg
Vienna
Duke of Laval Montmorency
Bucharest
Geismar
Widdin
Craiova
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N.B
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High Court of Chancery
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White Bear
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de Foix
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the Mart
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Cambridge
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