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Unfolding the Orient
Paul StarkeyJanet Starkey
其他書名
Travellers in Egypt and the Near East
出版Ithaca, 2001
主題History / Middle East / GeneralTravel / Essays & TraveloguesTravel / Middle East / General
ISBN08637225719780863722578
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Bjp1AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Egypt and the Near East have enchanted many people over the centuries. Travellers from the West have journeyed to this region for a variety of motives: in pursuit of knowledge, power, diplomacy and trade, for pleasure and adventure, on pilgrimage, and to plunder and discover the exotic - or sometimes simply to discover themselves. Some have been influenced more than others by what they saw; bringing back tangible evidence of their visits, in the form of antiquities or other collectors' items; others have used their observations and experiences for their own literary and artistic ends.