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Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.

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Frontispiece.

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The siege of the Palatinate in modern-day Germany by Louis IV's army in the late 17th century.

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The French ambassador Chateau-nef's audience with the administrator (Caimacam) of Istanbul.

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Frenchmen observing the invocations of an Arab fortune-teller.

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The author's travelling companions study a mummy at a pyramid of Memphis in Egypt.

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The author travelling in Egypt on a camel. In the foreground, Arab companions of the author give alimony to a man in need.

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View of the catacombs of Alexandria.

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Preparation of wine at Rosetta, Egypt.

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The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.

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Preparation of wine at Aleppo, Syria.

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Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.

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The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.

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A raft crosses Tigres river at Mosul, Irak.

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Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.

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Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.

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Rock-cut Persian mausoleum at Çehel-minar near Şiraz, southwestern Iran.

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The mausoleum of Muslim saint Shah Alam in Ahmedabad, India.

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Preparation of palm wine, known as tari in Hindi and as tadi to British colonists, out of coconuts.

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View of the mausoleums of Qutb Shahi dynasty at Golkonda, India.

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The church of Metamorfosis (formerly a mosque) at Niokastro, Pylos.

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1. The Gate of Xira at the castle of Merhoni. The granite column known as column of Morosini at the castle of Methoni.

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Fête to officers of the English and French forces, and the Greek army and Navy, in the Acropolis during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57. July 1854

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The conference of Paris, 1869.

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The ambassador of France accompanied by the official interpreter (Dragoman) of the Sublime Gate.

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French woman of Istanbul.

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Costumes of Gascony in southeastern France.

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Costumes of Brittany, France.

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