Travel--Arabian PeninsulaBurton, Richard Francis , 1821-1890, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .B87 1986
by Sir Richard F. Burton ; edited by Isabel Burton. Reprint. Originally published: London : Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Main Heritage Compact General D... Show moreby Sir Richard F. Burton ; edited by Isabel Burton. Reprint. Originally published: London : Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Main Heritage Compact General DS207 .B87 1986 Reference vol.1 Item-ID: i10163086 BIB-ID: 1017944 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Description and travel, History, Social life and customs, DS94 .J66 1998, 956.015
James Felix Jones. Facsim. of ed. published: Bombay, 1857. Main Heritage Compact General DS94 .J66 1998 Reference Item-ID: i11412331 BIB-ID: 1188100 Inclu... Show moreJames Felix Jones. Facsim. of ed. published: Bombay, 1857. Main Heritage Compact General DS94 .J66 1998 Reference Item-ID: i11412331 BIB-ID: 1188100 Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes text in arabic. 4 folded maps in pocket attached to inside back cover. Show less
Politique internationale. Moyen Orient, Description and travel, Politics and government, DS244.53 .H57 1966, 915.3
by David Holden. Main Heritage Compact General DS244.53 .H57 1966 Reference Item-ID: i15638686 BIB-ID: 1010775 Includes bibliographical references (p.... Show moreby David Holden. Main Heritage Compact General DS244.53 .H57 1966 Reference Item-ID: i15638686 BIB-ID: 1010775 Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-255). Show less
Travel, Description and travel, DS247.O62 S5 1975, 915.3/5/045
Ian Skeet. Main Heritage Compact General DS247.O62 S5 1975 Reference Item-ID: i1579894x BIB-ID: 2523013 Includes bibliographical references. Show moreIan Skeet. Main Heritage Compact General DS247.O62 S5 1975 Reference Item-ID: i1579894x BIB-ID: 2523013 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
av Barbro och Günes Karabuda. Main Heritage Compact General DS208 .K37 1967 Reference Item-ID: i10231006 BIB-ID: 1024736 Show moreav Barbro och Günes Karabuda. Main Heritage Compact General DS208 .K37 1967 Reference Item-ID: i10231006 BIB-ID: 1024736 Show less
Geography, Medieval, الجغرافيا العربية, الجغرافيا الطبيعية, الأرض, Geography, Arab, وصف ورحلات, Description and travel, DS327.6 .I26 2014
The journeys of Abū l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal, who might have been a merchant, took him to North Africa, Spain and the southern edge of the Sahara (947-51... Show moreThe journeys of Abū l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal, who might have been a merchant, took him to North Africa, Spain and the southern edge of the Sahara (947-51), Egypt, Armenia and Azerbaijan (c. 955), the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Khuzistan, and Iran (961-69), Khwarazm and Transoxania (c. 969), and Sicily (973). By about 988 CE the final version of Ibn Ḥawqal's Kitāb Ṣūrat al-arḍ was ready. It is effectively both a continuation and an update of al-Istakhri's Kitab al-Masalik wa-al-mamalik and is also known under that same title. Ibn Ḥawqal transformed what was meant as a commentary on a series of maps into a work in its own right, which also included remarks on various countries or peoples bordering on the Islamic world, e.g. the Turks, the Khazars, the towns of southern Italy, the Sudanese and the Nubians. Although he owed much to al-Istakhri;s work, Ibn Ḥawqal aimed to place the text firmly within his own period. He took great care to depict a region precisely in the state and at the date that he himself had seen it, with occasional references to the distant or more recent past. This is particularly true of the notes on economic matters, which form a complete break with convention. Ibn Ḥawqal was the only Arab geographer of the period who really sketched a vivid picture of production. تأليف ابي القاسم بن حوقل النصيبي = Viae et regna : descriptio ditionis Moslemicae / auctore Abu'l-Kásim Ibn Haukal ; edidit M.J. de Goeje. "M.J. de Goeje's classic edition (1873)." Main Heritage Compact General DS327.6 .I26 2014 Reference Item-ID: i22369144 BIB-ID: 1886540 Show less
TravelBird, Christiane, Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS259.2 .B57 2002
Christiane Bird. Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Pocket Books. Main Heritage Compact General DS259.2 .B57 2002 Reference Item-ID: i16875965 ... Show moreChristiane Bird. Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Pocket Books. Main Heritage Compact General DS259.2 .B57 2002 Reference Item-ID: i16875965 BIB-ID: 1585863 Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-396). Show less
Przez Edwarda Raczyńskiego. First edition. - The very rare original edition of this important account of a journey through Turkey and Asia Minor.... Show morePrzez Edwarda Raczyńskiego. First edition. - The very rare original edition of this important account of a journey through Turkey and Asia Minor. According to Brunet the finest publication ever to leave a Polish press, it was soon translated into German as "Malerische Reise in einigen Provinzen des Osmanischen Reichs" (last sold for £20,400 at Sotheby's 2004 Natural History and Travel Sale; no copy of the present original edition has appeared at German auctions during the last decades). The Polish statesman Count Edward Raczynski (1786-1845), a patron of the arts and founder of the Raczynski Library in Poznan, travelled to Constantinople by way of Odessa during the months of July through November 1814. He was accompanied by Ludwig Christian Fuhrmann (1783-1829) as draughtsman, and most if the plates are engraved after his drawings. Raczynski also visited the Troad, the peninsula containing the ruins of Troy, of which a detailed description is given. This beautifully illustrated work is highly sought-after for its many detailed engravings, including a folding map of Istanbul, illustrations of the ruins of Troy and Assos, the bay of Lesbos, a portrait of Sultan Muhammad IV, the mosque of the Sultan, etc. Brunet praises it as "l'ouvrage le plus magnifique qui ait encore paru en Pologne". Binding somewhat rubbed; edges, corners and hinges showing some wear. Interior rather browned throughout due to paper. Only 5 copies of this original edition listed in library catalogues internationally (BL, BnF, LoC, Stabi Berlin, NL Sweden). Plates no. 20 and 45 not published; no. 28 repeated. "Na dochód ubogich w Poznaniu i towarzystwa dobroczynności, szkoły głuchoniemych i szpitalów Dzieciątka Jesus i P.P. Marcinkanek w Warszawie." "Dodatek. Słownik języka kwiatów": viii p. at end. Main Heritage Shelves General DR425 .R33 1821 Book Item-ID: i16875448 BIB-ID: 1510963 Show less
vol 1. 137 plates -- vol 2, 106 plates. Main Heritage Display General DS48 .C37 1798 Book Item-ID: i15962349 BIB-ID: 1025659 Show morevol 1. 137 plates -- vol 2, 106 plates. Main Heritage Display General DS48 .C37 1798 Book Item-ID: i15962349 BIB-ID: 1025659 Show less
TravelBell, Gertrude Lowthian , 1868-1926, Bell, Gertrude Lowthian , 1868-1926, Viktorianska tiden, Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS208 .B35 2000, 953.8/04
Gertrude Bell's Arabian Diaries, published here for the first time, rank as one of the great travel narratives, carrying readers along on a... Show moreGertrude Bell's Arabian Diaries, published here for the first time, rank as one of the great travel narratives, carrying readers along on a desperate and heroic journey that foreshadows the emergence of the future imperial servant in Baghdad in the 1920s. Bell's adventures are the stuff of novels: she rode with bandits, braved desert shamals, was captured by Bedouins, and sojourned in a harem. Called the most powerful woman in the British Empire, she counseled kings and prime ministers. He colleagues included Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, who in 1921 invited Bell--the only woman whose advice was sought--to the Cairo Conference to "determine the future of Mesopotamia." She numbered among her closest friends T. E. Lawrence, St. John Philby, and Arabian sheiks. Editor O'Brien preserves Bell's elegant, vibrant prose, and includes her photographs and excerpts of the love letters she exchanged with a married British army officer.--From publisher description. Gertrude Bell en Route 3 -- Gertrude Bell's Itinerary, 1913-1914 38 -- Doughty-Wylie Diaries 43 -- A. Diaries 1913-1914 137 -- B. Ibrahim's Daftar 245. edited by Rosemary O'Brien ; with photographs by Gertrude Bell. Main Heritage Compact General DS208 .B35 2000 Reference Item-ID: i16875874 BIB-ID: 1511025 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-255) and index. Show less
