Robert Dankoff is Professor of Turkish in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Nuran Tezcan is Professor Emeritus of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Turkey. Michael D. Sheridan is based in the history department of Bilkent University.

"This book is a useful resource for those interested in the 'earliest' of travellers . . . and provides an important addition to the observations, experiences, and perspective provided by other 17th century travellers. Put simply, a manuscript of incredible significance is now available at your finger-tips for easy perusal, and one of the most charming features of this work? The authors provide a beautiful pull-out printed copy (in full colour) of the Vatican map at the back (the equal length of ten pages of the book). A 'splendid volume, ' as a previous reviewer of the work put it, and well-worth owning."--ASTENE Journal

• List of Illustrations viiPreface xSymbols Used in the Book xiiNote on Transliteration and Translation xiiiNote on Currency xvEditions and Translations of The Book of Travels Seyahatname xvAbbreviations xviGlossary of Administrative Terminology xviiIntroduction 1The Ottomans and the Nile 3The Nile Journeys in The Book of Travels Seyahatname 5The Vatican Map of the Nile 10Muslim and Ottoman Maps of the Nile 13Relation of the Map and the Book 22Part I: Translation of the Vatican Map of the Nile Vat Turc 73 49Prologue 51The Map 52Part II: Translation of Evliya Çelebi’s accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa, from Volume 10 of The Book of Travels Seyahatname 89Preliminary and Cairo, Y3A–278A 91First Journey: Cairo–Alexandria–Rosetta–Cairo, Y277B–341A 122Second Journey: Cairo–Damietta–Cairo Y341B–360A 168Third Journey: Cairo–Luxor–Ibrim Y360A–395A 191Fourth Journey: Funjistan–Maghraq–Sennar–Jarsinqa Y395A–432B 249Fifth Journey: Habesh Y432B–443A 302Sixth Journey: Ibrim–Faiyum–Cairo Y443A Q341A–Q355A 341Appendix I: The Turkish text of the Vatican Map 366Appendix II: Map Zones 392Bibliography 425Index 433

Robert Dankoff is Professor of Turkish in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Nuran Tezcan is Professor Emeritus of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Turkey. Michael D. Sheridan is based in the history department of Bilkent University.

"This book is a useful resource for those interested in the 'earliest' of travellers . . . and provides an important addition to the observations, experiences, and perspective provided by other 17th century travellers. Put simply, a manuscript of incredible significance is now available at your finger-tips for easy perusal, and one of the most charming features of this work? The authors provide a beautiful pull-out printed copy (in full colour) of the Vatican map at the back (the equal length of ten pages of the book). A 'splendid volume, ' as a previous reviewer of the work put it, and well-worth owning."--ASTENE Journal

• List of Illustrations viiPreface xSymbols Used in the Book xiiNote on Transliteration and Translation xiiiNote on Currency xvEditions and Translations of The Book of Travels Seyahatname xvAbbreviations xviGlossary of Administrative Terminology xviiIntroduction 1The Ottomans and the Nile 3The Nile Journeys in The Book of Travels Seyahatname 5The Vatican Map of the Nile 10Muslim and Ottoman Maps of the Nile 13Relation of the Map and the Book 22Part I: Translation of the Vatican Map of the Nile Vat Turc 73 49Prologue 51The Map 52Part II: Translation of Evliya Çelebi’s accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa, from Volume 10 of The Book of Travels Seyahatname 89Preliminary and Cairo, Y3A–278A 91First Journey: Cairo–Alexandria–Rosetta–Cairo, Y277B–341A 122Second Journey: Cairo–Damietta–Cairo Y341B–360A 168Third Journey: Cairo–Luxor–Ibrim Y360A–395A 191Fourth Journey: Funjistan–Maghraq–Sennar–Jarsinqa Y395A–432B 249Fifth Journey: Habesh Y432B–443A 302Sixth Journey: Ibrim–Faiyum–Cairo Y443A Q341A–Q355A 341Appendix I: The Turkish text of the Vatican Map 366Appendix II: Map Zones 392Bibliography 425Index 433