J. Arrowsmith. "London pubd. 16 June, 1834, by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand." Hand colored in outline. Relief shown by hachures. This map... Show moreJ. Arrowsmith. "London pubd. 16 June, 1834, by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand." Hand colored in outline. Relief shown by hachures. This map consists well detailed information on Persian Gulf region. Scale: Geographical miles 60 = 1 degree, 150. English miles 69.12 = one degree, 150. [ben. low. marg. l. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00333 Print Map Item-ID: i11400936 BIB-ID: 1172436 Forms part of the Roger S. Baskes Collection at the Newberry Library. ICN Show less
J. & G. Menzies sculpt., Edinr. Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich meridian. Printed label "No. 44" pasted to upper right corner. Main Heritage... Show moreJ. & G. Menzies sculpt., Edinr. Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich meridian. Printed label "No. 44" pasted to upper right corner. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00348 Print Map Item-ID: i11400973 BIB-ID: 1172440 Forms part of the Roger S. Baskes Collection at the Newberry Library. ICN Show less
A large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to... Show moreA large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to accompany a paper by Captain Arthur William Stiffe. Stiffe was the co-author of the famous "Persian Gulf Pilot" books for navigating the Gulf. Topography is indicated by contour lines though no information as to their height is given. Settled areas are indicated by grey shading. Palm trees indicated agricultural areas around the settlements. The map also shows important pathways and passes. F.S. Weller. The geographical Journal 1897 [up marg.r.h.].F.S. Weller, FRGS. [ben. marg. r. h.] Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1897 [ben. marg. middle. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 1:30,000. 1 in. = 0.47 miles. "The Geographical Journal, 1897." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00380 Print Map Item-ID: i11401096 BIB-ID: 1172452 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1654
van de Heer Ludowyck di Barthema van Bononien, Ridder &c. : gedaen in de Morgenlanden, Syrien, Arabien, Perssen, Indien, Egypten, Ethiopien en... Show morevan de Heer Ludowyck di Barthema van Bononien, Ridder &c. : gedaen in de Morgenlanden, Syrien, Arabien, Perssen, Indien, Egypten, Ethiopien en andere. Uyt het italiaens in hoogh-duyts vertaelt door Hier. Megiserium en uyt den selven - in't Neder-duyts gebracht door F.S. Rare second Dutch translation of this highly important and adventurous narrative containing the first recorded visit of a non-Muslim to Mecca. This edition includes for the first time several full-page engravings - one depicting a 15th-century battle against camel-riding Arabs. - Ludovico di Varthema or Barthema (ca. 1468-1517) sailed from Venice to Egypt in 1502 and travelled through Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli, and Aleppo, arriving in Damascus in April 1503. Here he enrolled in the Mameluke garrison and proceeded overland to Khaybar, Medina and Mekka, thereby becoming the first European to enter the two holiest cities of Islam. His travels furthermore took him to South Arabia, Shiraz (Persia), India, Goa, Cochin, and supposedly the Malay isthmus, Sumatra, Banda, the Moluccas, the Spice Islands, Borneo, Java and Malacca. He finally returned to Lisbon in 1508. - "Varthema's Itinerario, first published in 1510, had an enormous impact at the time, and in some respects determined the course of European expansion towards the Orient" (Howgego). His account, moreover, contains a detailed description of Mecca and the Islamic pilgrimage, and four evocative plates (including an illustration of a Sati ritual). - Contrary to the statement on the title-page, this is de second Dutch translation; an earlier and rather elusive rendering had already been published at Antwerp in 1544 (recorded in just one institutional copy worldwide!). The present translation was made by Felix van Sambix de Jonge after Megiser's German translation of the Italian. With a poem by Simon de Vries Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .V37 1654 Book Item-ID: i16875606 BIB-ID: 1510982 Show less
literally rendered from the Arabic into French by J.C. Mardrus, and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers ; with an introduction... Show moreliterally rendered from the Arabic into French by J.C. Mardrus, and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers ; with an introduction by C.S. Forester and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. "Fifteen hundred copies ... signed by the artist"--Colophon. Map on endleaves. Issued in slipcase. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ8.S357 1949 Book Item-ID: i10222340 BIB-ID: 1023870 Show less
by S.P. Scott. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xvii-xlii) and index. Show moreby S.P. Scott. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xvii-xlii) and index. Show less
H.S. Cowper. "A list of works of especial interest relating to this part of Tripoli": p. [313]-315. Show moreH.S. Cowper. "A list of works of especial interest relating to this part of Tripoli": p. [313]-315. Show less
Pilot guides, Pilot guides--Arabian Gulf, Pilot guides, G2852.P4 S8 1990, 623.89/2916535
prepared for publication and with an introduction by Andrew S. Cook. "Reproduced from original material in the India Office Library and Records,... Show moreprepared for publication and with an introduction by Andrew S. Cook. "Reproduced from original material in the India Office Library and Records, London and in the Department of Manuscripts, the British Library, London"--T.p. verso. Main Heritage Compact General G2852.P4 S8 1990 Reference vol. 2 Item-ID: i15858455 BIB-ID: 1019932 Show less
