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Alexandria (Egypt) - Description and travel - Early works to 1800

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    Observations on the expedition of General Buonaparte to the east and the probability of its success considered. To which is added a brief sketch of the present state of Egypt; an historical account of Alexandria; the two harbours of that city accurately delineated, its former splendor and present state contrasted; with some remarks on its local importance should it become the Mart of the East: Together with a few particulars relating to the navigation of the Red Sea. By the editor of The history of Peter III. and Catharine II. of Russia.

    William Tooke | Date: 1798

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