Cairo

Historic maps, plans and views of Cairo range from Münster and Mallet to Baedeker city plans and twentieth-century military ...

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Historic maps, plans and views of Cairo range from Münster and Mallet to Baedeker city plans and twentieth-century military surveys. The collection includes mapping of Cairo and Giza, the Nile and approaches from Lower Egypt, together with Niebuhr’s architectural and technical plates. Street scenes, bazaars, mosques, gates and everyday trades complement views of the Citadel, Ezbekiyya, Old Cairo and the city’s desert environs.

Historic maps, plans and views of Cairo range from Münster and Mallet to Baedeker city plans and twentieth-century military surveys. The collection includes mapping of Cairo and Giza, the Nile and approaches from Lower Egypt, together with Niebuhr’s architectural and technical plates. Street scenes, bazaars, mosques, gates and everyday trades complement views of the Citadel, Ezbekiyya, Old Cairo and the city’s desert environs.