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The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown
The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown Author:John Campbell Subtitle: Containing His Observations on France and Italy, His Voyage to the Levant ... His Remarks in His Journies Thro' the Lower and Upper Egypt, Together With a Brief Description of the Abyssinian Empire ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1739 Original Publisher: Printed by J. Applebee, for A. Bettesworth ... more »and C. Hitch Subjects: Ethiopia Middle East Egypt History / Africa / Central History / Africa / East History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East / Egypt History / Middle East / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES O F Edward Brown, Efq", Formerly a Merchant in London. CONTAINING His Observations on France and Italy; his Voyage to the Levant; his Account of the Tfle of Malta ; his R E M A R K s in his Journies thro the lower and upper Egypt; together with a brief Description of the dbyfllnian Empire. Interlperfod throughout With feveral curious Hiftorical Passages relating to our own as well as Foreign Nations j as alfo with Critical Difquifitions as to the pre- fent State of the Sciences in Egypt, particularly Phyfic and . Chemiftry. LONDON: Printed by J. Applebee, Por A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, at the Ked-Lyo in Pater-, after-Rmu; William Hinchliffe, at Dryderfs- Het, under the Piazza of the Royal-Exchange-, and Stephen Austen, at the Angel and Bitl o in St. Pauft, M DCC XXXIX. Preface. of Impertmmce or want of CircumfpeEliett, ' in giving to the World the private Papers of a Per- '. fan long Jince deceafed, who as he chafe to live unknown, might well be fuppofed to have wijhed after Death, that he might be forgotten. THE firft Scenes of this Gentl...« less