Ignacy Zagiell
Encyclopedia
Ignacy Żagiell was a physician, traveler and Polish-language
writer.
from 1859, and as a civilian physician in Turkey
from 1864.
He travelled in India
, Egypt
and the Near East
.
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
writer.
Life
Żagiell served as an army physician in Great BritainGreat Britain
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from 1859, and as a civilian physician in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
from 1864.
He travelled in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
.
Notable works
- Historia starożytnego Egiptu (History of Ancient Egypt, 1880);
- Podróż historyczna po Abisynii, Adel, Szoa, Nubii, u źródeł Nilu... (1884; some of the descriptions in this book are probably not authentic).
See also
- Pharaoh (novel, by Bolesław Prus, which drew from Żagiell's History of Ancient Egypt).