Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia, and the peninsula of Sinai, in the years 1842-45 : during the mission sent out by His majesty Fredrick William IV. of Prussia / by Dr. Richard Lepsius ; ed., with notes, by Kenneth R.H. Mackenzie.

  • Karl Richard Lepsius
Date:
1852
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Credit: Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia, and the peninsula of Sinai, in the years 1842-45 : during the mission sent out by His majesty Fredrick William IV. of Prussia / by Dr. Richard Lepsius ; ed., with notes, by Kenneth R.H. Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    himself; and still later, on the outermost edges, another King, who was found to be one, till now, totally unknown, and who was therefore greeted by me with great joy. I must yet mention an interesting collection of ethnographical articles and specimens of natural history of every kind which have been collected by a native Prussian, Werne,^ on the second Nile expedition of the Pasha to the White Itiver, in countries hitherto quite unknown, and have been transported to Alexandria but a few months ago. It appeared to me to be so important and so unique of its kind that I have purchased it for our museum. While we were yet there it was packed up for transport. I think it will be welcome in Berlin. At length the biijm^ldis (passports) of the Pasha were ready, and now we made haste to quit Alexandria. We embarked the same day that I received them (on the 30th of September), on the Mahmoudieh canal. Darkness surprised us ere we could finish our preparations. At 9 o'clock we left our hotel, in the spacious and beautiful Prank's Place, in M. D'Anastasi's two carriages; before us were the customary runners with torches. The gate was opened at the word that was given us; our packages had been transported to the bark several hours before upon camels, so that we could soon depart in the roomy vessel which I * The diary of tliis Nile expedition has since been made public under the title of Expedition to discover the Sources of the White Nile (1840-1841), by Ferdinand Werne ; with a preface by Carl Eitter. Berlin, 1848. [The work has since been published in English, under the auspices of Mr. Bentley, in two volumes.—K. E. H. M.]
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