TY - BOOK AU - Dankoff,Robert AU - Tezcan,Nuran AU - Sheridan,Michael D. AU - Evliya Celebi TI - Ottoman explorations of the Nile: Evliya Celebi's'Matchless pearl these reports of the Nile' map and his accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa in The book of travels T2 - Royal Asiatic Society books. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund series SN - 9781909942165 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Gingko Library KW - Erliya Celebi, KW - Voyages and travels KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Nile River Valley KW - Maps KW - Nile River KW - Discovery and exploration N1 - Color reproduction of the'Vatican map of the Nile' (Vat. Turc. 73; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) on sheet folded inside back cover. Origin of map manuscript: circa 1685 in Turkish with Arabic script; represents Valley of the Nile; original title: Dürr-i bî-misîl în ahbâr-ı Nîl; Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index ER -