Every Traveller Needs a Compass

Contents



Introduction..................................................................................................................vii

Neil Cooke



1 Sir John Young, High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands,

and His Private Letter Book, 1856-57.................................................................... 1

Sonia P. Anderson



2 Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1866........................................................................ 15

Joseph Attard Tabone



3 The Travels of G. A. Wallin and His Views on Western Influence

in the Middle East.................................................................................................... 23

Patricia Berg



4 The Relative Contributions of William John Bankes and Charles Barry

to the Early Plans of Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan): Evidence from the Bankes

and Barry Archives.................................................................................................. 33

Don Boyer



5 Jean-Jacques Rifaud's Lithographs - His Drawings of Egyptian

Archaeology, Natural History, Manners and Customs....................................... 53

Marie-Cecile Bruwier



6 Travelling Companions: Mohammed Ashgar,

also known as John Bedair (1815-74)................................................................... 65

Neil Cooke



7 An Innovative Antiquarian: Alexander Henry Rhind's Excavations

in Egypt and His Collection in the National Museums Scotland.................... 87

Ross Irving and Margaret Maitland



8 From the Kremlin's Walls to the Foot of the Pyramids:

Early Muscovite Travellers in Egypt.................................................................. 101

Maksim Lebedev



9 Hieroglyphs from the North: Newcastle's Early Travellers in Egypt

and Their Correspondence with Jean-Francois Champollion........................ 113

Margaret Maitland



10 Amalia Sola Nizzoli (1805-45/49), Archaeologist ante litteram

in Egypt and the Origins of the Third Nizzoli Collection............................ 131

Daniela Picchi



11 Artists and Painters in the 'German House' at Thebes, 1905-15................ 143

Daniel Polz



12 Raymond O'Shea and The Sand Kings of Oman as a Source

for Trucial Coast History................................................................................... 155

Nicholas Stanley-Price



13 Did the Elephants Ever Forget?......................................................................... 171

Peta Ree



14 The Admiral's Daughter..................................................................................... 181

John Thompson



15 A Swiss Egyptologist on Her Majesty's Service: Edouard Naville

(1844-1926) in the Delta.................................................................................... 189

Helene Virenque



16 Ulrich Jasper Seetzen........................................................................................... 197

Carsten Walbiner



17 Every Traveller Needs a Compass..................................................................... 205

Ronald E. Zitterkopf



Index........................................................................................................................... 215