On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel

On the Nile in the Golden Age of TravelA colorfully illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile, new in paperback Since Antony and Cleopatra honeymooned on the Nile on a gilded barge, visitors to Egypt have taken to the river as the best way to experience the countrys wonders. Early travelers took a dahabiya, an elegant triangular sailed houseboat, and leisurely meandered from riverside site to site, for three months or more. Then from the late nineteenth century,

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