Munster, George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence, 1st Earl of, 1794-1842
Title:
Journal of a route across India, through Egypt, to England : in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818 / by Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzclarence.
Alternate Title(s):
Route through India and Egypt to England
Published / Created:
London : John Murray, 1819.
Physical Description:
[iii]-xxiv, 502 p., [19] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col ill. maps, plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Spine title, on publisher's printed label: Route through India and Egypt to England. By Lieut.-Co. Fitzclerance. Nineteen plates and maps. £2.18s.
Contents:
Contents of the plates: Pettah the Citadel & Pettah of Dowlutabad -- Gorkah soldier -- Hattrass -- Rocket Corps and Dromedary Corps -- Irregular cavalry -- The great gun at Agra -- Seapoys -- Armies -- A Khanga on the River Nile -- The second pyramid of Egypt -- Chamber & sarcophagus, in the 2nd pyramid. The real & forced entrances to the pyramid, re-opened by Sigr. Belzoni 1818 -- Interior cut in the rock at the base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt -- A sketch of some of the gold ornaments worn by the women of Timbuctoo -- Map of the seat of war in India -- Sketch of the engagement at Jubbulpoor -- Plan of the city of Nagpoor -- Sketch of the Battle of Meinpoor -- Plan of the grand temple, Keylas -- Sketch of the engagements in Ponah -- Map of the route from Cosier to Alexandria.
Subject Terms:
Mahratta War, 1816–1818. | India -- Description and travel. | Egypt -- Description and travel. | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765–1947. | Murray, J. -- Publisher. | Davison, Thomas -- Printer. | Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792–1849 -- Binding. | Mullen, George -- Bookbinding designer. | Eardley, Sampson Gideon Eardley, Baron, 1744–1824 -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1819. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1819.