Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850

Westcar on the Nile

A journey through Egypt in the 1820s

21 x 27 cm, 264 p., 1 farbige Karte, 1 Stammbaum, hardback
49.00 €
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On November 6, 1823, four Englishmen disembarked in the harbour of Alexandria. In the succeeding ten months, they traveled up the Nile as far as the Second Cataract and, in the course of their travels, witnessed the turmoils of a …

Dschihad im Kaukasus

Antikolonialer Widerstand der Dagestaner und Tschetschenen gegen das Zarenreich (18. Jahrhundert bis 1859)

17 x 24 cm, 520 p., hardback
82.00 €
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From an early stage the fight of the Muslim people of the Northern Caucasus against the advancing Russian empire coincided with religious reform movements. The study examines the conditions and development of this process up to the founding of a …

»O glückliche, reiche, einzige Tage«

Fanny und Wilhelm Hensels italienische Reise. Mit dem Faksimile der Bildseiten aus dem „Reise-Album 1839 bis 1840«

30 x 23.5 cm, 70 p., hardback
59.00 €
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When Fanny Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and her family returned from their journey to Italy in 1839/40 she and her husband compiled a kind of album. Fanny wrote down her compositions on colored paper, her husband drew vignettes …