Travellers in Arabia - R. L. Bidwell

Travellers in Arabia

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
1994 | New edition
Garnet Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-873938-23-2 (ISBN)
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In this book, Robin Bidwell tells the story of the great explorers of Arabia. The exploits of Niebuhr, who made the first intrepid exploration into the interior of southern Arabia in the 1760s, of Burton and Philby, of Charles Montagu Doughty, freya Stark and many others are recounted.
In this book, Robin Bidwell tells the story of the great explorers of Arabia. The exploits of Niebuhr, who made the first intrepid exploration into the interior of southern Arabia in the 1760s, of Burton and Philby ("the greatest of Arabian explorers"), of Charles Montagu Doughty, Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and many others are recounted - not only their adventures but also the contributions they made to Western knowledge and understanding of Arabia. This is a comprehensive account by the late Robin Bidwell who spent many years in Arabia and was Secretary of the Middle East Centre in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge.

Introduction; Arabia; Europe discovers the Middle East; Three Travellers to Mecca; Niebuhr and his Companions; Burckhardt; Burton; Palgrave; Doughty; Philby; Travellers in the Hejaz; Travellers in Eastern and Northern Arabia; Travellers in South-west Arabia; Travellers in Oman.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.3.1994
Zusatzinfo 2 maps, 16 colour and 116 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort Reading
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 238 mm
Gewicht 544 g
Themenwelt Reiseführer Naher Osten Arabische Emirate
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-873938-23-3 / 1873938233
ISBN-13 978-1-873938-23-2 / 9781873938232
Zustand Neuware
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