TY - BOOK ID - 85474182 TI - Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785. PY - 1787 SN - 1107338751 1108066674 PB - Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Syria KW - Egypt KW - Description and travel KW - Sirii︠a︡ KW - Iqlīm al-Sūrī (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Shamālī (United Arab Republic) KW - Syrian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - سوريا KW - Sūriyā KW - Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah KW - Syrian Arab Republic KW - République arabe syrienne KW - Sowria KW - Syrie KW - R.A.S. KW - RAS KW - Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah KW - Fédération des États de Syrie KW - Syrische Arabische Republik KW - SAR KW - Suryah KW - Arabska Republika Syryjska KW - Syrien KW - Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya KW - Repubblica Araba Siriana KW - جمهورية العربية السورية KW - Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah KW - Сірыя KW - Siryi︠a︡ KW - Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка KW - Siryĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Сирийската арабска република KW - Siriĭskata arabska republika KW - Συρία KW - Αραβική Δημοκρατία της Συρίας KW - Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias KW - 시리아 KW - Siria KW - סוריה KW - רפובליקה הערבית הסורית KW - Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit KW - シリア KW - Shiria KW - Сирия KW - Сирийская Арабская Республика KW - Siriĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Сирія KW - Syrii︠a︡ KW - Сирійська Арабська республіка KW - Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika KW - 敘利亞 KW - Xuliya KW - United Arab Republic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85474182 AB - The French author and traveller Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf (1757-1820) adopted the pen name Volney, which combined the name of Voltaire and Ferney, where the great philosopher lived. A friend of Thomas Jefferson and other Enlightenment figures, Volney used an inheritance to further his education by travelling to Ottoman Egypt and the historical region of Syria, visiting areas of present-day Lebanon and Israel. He chose these lands as he believed he would gain political and philosophical insights from their ancient heritage. Very little had been written in the West about these areas before he published this two-volume account in 1787. It enjoyed great popularity and even accompanied Darwin aboard the Beagle on his own voyage of discovery decades later. Reissued here is the revised and corrected French second edition, which also appeared in 1787. Volume 1 delves into the geography, ethnic divisions, religious beliefs, commerce and politics of Egypt and Syria. ER -