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Title: The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria

Author: Ludwig Salvator

Translator: Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg

Release Date: September 26, 2008 [EBook #26705]

Language: English

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[Illustration: JEBEL EL MAGARA.]

THE CARAVAN ROUTE

BETWEEN

EGYPT AND SYRIA

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN

[Illustration]

WITH TWENTY-THREE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1881

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PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION.

The present work is by His Imperial Highness the Archduke Ludwig
Salvator of Austria, by whom also the accompanying sketches were drawn.

By his numerous travels and scientific labours, the name of this Prince
has become well known and highly appreciated among the geographers of
all nations; and only a short time ago His Imperial Highness was elected
an honorary member of the Royal Geographical Society, of whom there are
but eight others, in a total list of some 3500 Fellows.

His works of travel--comprising parts of America, Africa, and the
Mediterranean coasts--have also attracted so much attention, that their
translation into the English language seemed to be justified.

The list of these works, together with some details regarding the life
of their illustrious author, appeared in the translator's introduction
to the first work published in English;[1] and in referring to it the
translator of the present volume confidently expects a continuation of
the friendly reception accorded to "Levkosia, the Capital of Cyprus."

CHEVALIER DE HESSE-WARTEGG.

GERMAN ATHENAEUM CLUB,
_October 1881_.

[Footnote 1: Levkosia, the Capital of Cyprus, with an Introduction by
the Chevalier de Krapf-Liverho