Scribner, Welford, & Armstong. 1877 New York & London, 1st edn, 732pp, 70 engravings, b&w illustrations and a fold-out map. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (1877) is a classic Victorian travel narrative recounting author's 1873–74 journey by dahabiya (sailing boat) from Cairo to Abu Simbel. The book captures the.....