• Cover of Travels in Ethiopia Above the Second Cataract by G. A. Hoskins, showing the Meroë pyramids in Sudan
  • Original hand-colored plate depicting inhabitants encountered during the journey
  • Original 1835 route map for Hoskins's journey through Nubia and Sudan
  • Original 1835 plate of the pyramids of Meroë in Sudan
  • Original 1835 plate of ruins at Gebel Barkal in Sudan
  • Original hand-colored temple relief plate from the 1835 edition
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G. A. Hoskins

Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile

Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile

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“Having spent twelve months in the valley of the Nile, I had designed to leave Thebes this week, and return to Cairo. To this long period had an intended stay of a few weeks been protracted, in consequence of my daily increasing devotion to the fascinating but laborious study of Egyptian antiquities.”

“I cannot, however, escape some uncomfortable feelings when I contrast the prospect now before me, of privation and dreariness in a long journey through the desert, with the hopes I had indulged of returning now to Europe.”

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An extraordinary 1833 journey through Nubia and Sudan to the ancient kingdom of Meroë—documented with a map and approximately ninety original plates.

Artist and traveller George Alexander Hoskins set out from the Nile valley determined to record the monuments above the Second Cataract. Crossing the Nubian Desert and travelling through Dongola, Berber, Gebel Barkal and Meroë, he documented pyramids, temples, inscriptions, landscapes and communities encountered along the route.

First published in 1835, this substantial account combines an expedition narrative with one of the richest visual records of nineteenth-century travel in Sudan. The historical title uses “Ethiopia” in its older geographical sense for the lands south of Egypt, especially Nubia and ancient Meroë.

Inside this edition

  • The complete 1835 English text
  • The original route map
  • Approximately ninety plates, plans and archaeological drawings
  • Linked contents and 22-chapter navigation
  • A reflowable EPUB for phones, tablets and e-readers

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The gallery below reproduces genuine plates from the 1835 edition, including Meroë, Gebel Barkal, the expedition route and surviving colored temple art.

Format: Illustrated EPUB
Language: English
Original publication: 1835
Author: G. A. Hoskins (1802–1863)

Historical content note: The terminology and cultural descriptions reflect a nineteenth-century European traveller’s perspective and may include outdated or offensive assumptions.

Public-domain text and illustrations in the United States. Digital edition published by Nile Book Store.

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