Adventures Amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America; Also in the West Indies and the Wilds of Florida. To Which is Added "Jamaica Revisited" With Many Illustrations and Maps

Adventures Amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America; Also in the West Indies and the Wilds of Florida. To Which is Added "Jamaica Revisited" With Many Illustrations and Maps

Author: Stuart, Villiers (b.1827-1895)

4to. (6.5" x 10")1891. Stuart, Villiers. London. John Murray, Albemarle Street. Full royal blue publishers' cloth with gilt title, illustration of two men under a tropical tree with a woman in the foreground, gilt author to foot. Spine with gilt title/author with gilt crossed palm device, gilt place/publisher at foot. Dark grey endpapers. Head and foot of spine ruffled with small, closed tears. 23 engravings include frontispiece and 2 folding maps, closed tears to folds of maps, fore-edge ruffled with small, closed tears.

From Wiki: Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart (13 September 1827 – 12 October 1895), was a British soldier, clergyman, politician, Egyptologist, and author. Stuart travelled extensively, and published many accounts of his wanderings, notably Adventures amid the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America (1891). He was in South America in 1858, in Jamaica in 1881, and he made several journeys through Egypt, and published various works on ancient and modern Egypt. After the British intervention in Egypt concluded with victory at the Battle of Tell El Kebir in 1882 he was sent by the British government to report on the conditions of the people in that country, and produced several books on the topic, including Egypt after the War, which received the special recognition of Lord Dufferin, and his reports were published as a parliamentary blue-book. The Durham University Journal noted in their obituary of Villiers-Stuart that The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen was one of his more popular books. In this book he recalled a journey taken in Egypt in 1879, including a visit to Deir el-Bahari, where he translated some of the hieroglyphics on the tomb of Ramesses I. He also visited a canopy amidst the royal mummeries, recently discovered by Emile Brugsch, that formed the funeral tent of Queen Isi em Kheb, the mother-in-law of Shishak, and inspired the title of the book. He was a member of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. He also joined the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) and was concerned about the damage to Egyptian monuments. Like founding member of the EEF Amelia Edwards he noted with alarm how quickly sites were being destroyed. In the winter of 1882, he discovered the alabaster altar and basins in Niuserre's Sun Temple at Abu Ghurab, a discovery that Edwards believed to be very significant.We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookselleratgmail.com, we may just have it!

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