Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740)
Author:   Rachel Finnegan
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   9
ISBN:  

9789004440043


Pages:   486
Publication Date:   05 November 2020
Format:   Hardback
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In Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740), Rachel Finnegan provides edited transcripts of the full run of correspondence from Richard Pococke’s famous eastern voyage from 1737-40, together with updated biographical accounts of the author and his correspondents (his mother, Elizabeth Pococke and his uncle and patron, Bishop Thomas Milles).

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Author:   Rachel Finnegan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   9
Weight:   0.956kg
ISBN:  

9789004440043


ISBN 10:   9004440046
Pages:   486
Publication Date:   05 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Contents Preface List of Illustrations 1 Introduction 2 Biographical Accounts of the Pococke and Milles Families 3 Itinerary of the Eastern Voyage 4 Letters from Egypt 5 Accounts from Egypt 6 Letters from the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria 7 Accounts from the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria 8 Letters from the Second Tour of Egypt, and from Turkey, Asia Minor and Greece 9 Accounts from Cyprus and from the Second Tour of Egypt 10 Conclusion Appendix. List of Grand Tour Letters and Accounts Reproduced in This Volume Bibliography Index of Selected People & Places

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Rachel Finnegan, PhD. (1991), National University of Ireland, is a freelance academic editor. She has published widely on Richard Pococke, including an edition of his travel correspondence in 3 vols (2011-2013) and English Explorers in the East (1738-1745): The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke (Brill, 2019).

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