Early US Visitors to Egypt, 1774-1839
by
Andrew Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814, ending the War of 1812, allowed Americans once again to travel abroad. Medical students went to Paris, artists to Rome, academics to Göttingen, and tourists to all European capitals. More intrepid Americans ventured to Athens, to Constantinople, and even to Egypt....