{"product_id":"9781909942165","title":"Ottoman Explorations of the Nile: Evliya Celebi's Map of the Nile and The Nile Journeys in the Book of Travels (Seyahatname)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the time of Napoleon, the most ambitious effort to explore and map the Nile was undertaken by the Ottomans, as attested by two monumental documents: an elaborate map, with 450 rubrics, and a lengthy travel account. Both were achieved at about the same time—c. 1685—and both by the same man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvliya Çelebi’s account of his Nile journeys, in the tenth volume of his \u003ci\u003eBook of Travels\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSeyahatname\u003c\/i\u003e), has been known to the scholarly world since 1938, when that volume was first published. The map, held in the Vatican Library, has been studied since at least 1949. Numerous new critical editions of both the map and the text have been published over the years, each expounding upon the last in an attempt to reach a definitive version. \u003ci\u003eThe Ottoman Explorations of the Nile \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a more accurate translation of the original Çelebi travel account more accurately, while faithfully retaining the spirit and the content of the version held in the \u003ci\u003eBook of Travels\u003c\/i\u003e. Furthermore, the maps themselves are reproduced in greater detail and vivid color, and there are more cross-references to the text than in any previous edition. \u003ci\u003eThe Ottoman Explorations of the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e gives equal weight and attention to the two parts that make up this extraordinary historical document, allowing readers to study the map or the text independently, while also using each to elucidate and accentuate the details of the other. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gingko Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040111050992,"sku":"9781909942165","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909942165_p0.jpg?v=1772805932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909942165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}