Title: Travels in Arabia, an Illustrated Library of Travel and Adventure volume
Author: Bayard Taylor (ed), Thomas Stevens (ed)
Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., New York, 1872. First edition, scarce!
Condition: Hardcover, decorative cloth. In fantastic condition for its age. Beautiful book. With 12 very fine illustrations and a folding map in excellent condition.
A compilation of some of the best writings of travels into Arabia.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I. |
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| Sketch of Arabia; its Geographical Position and Ancient History | |
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CHAPTER II. |
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| Early Explorers of Arabia | |
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CHAPTER III. |
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| Niebuhr’s Travels in Yemen | |
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CHAPTER IV. |
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| Burckhardt’s Journey to Mecca and Medina | |
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CHAPTER V. |
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| Wellsted’s Explorations in Oman | |
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CHAPTER VI. |
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| Wellsted’s Discovery of an Ancient City in Hadramaut | |
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CHAPTER VII. |
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| Burton’s Pilgrimage | |
| Palgrave’s Travels in Central Arabia: from Palestine to the Djowf | |
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CHAPTER IX. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Residence in the Djowf | |
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CHAPTER X. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Crossing the Nefood | |
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CHAPTER XI. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Life in Ha’yel | |
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CHAPTER XII. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Bereydah | |
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CHAPTER XIII. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Journey to Ri’ad the Capital of Nedjed | |
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CHAPTER XIV. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Adventures in Ri’ad | |
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CHAPTER XV. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—His Escape to the Eastern Coast | |
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CHAPTER XVI. |
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| Palgrave’s Travels—Eastern Arabia | |
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CHAPTER XVII. |
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| Lady Blunt’s pilgrimage to Nejd | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Night March In The Desert | |
| The Coffee Hills of Yemen | |
| View of El-Medina | |
| A valley in Oman | |
| The ruins of Nakab El-Hadjar, in Hadramaut | |
| View of Medina from the West | |
| Camp at Mount Arafat | |
| Costume of Pilgrims to Mecca | |
| William Gifford Palgrave | |
| An Arab Chief | |
| Captain Burton as a Pilgrim | |
| The village of El-Suwayrkiyah | |
| An arab encampment | |
| Death on the desert |
