Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, DS47 .W55 1613
beschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole... Show morebeschrieben und aussgestanden durch Johann Wilden, Burgern inn Nürnberg ; mit einer Vorrede Herrn Salomon Schweiggers. Very rare first and sole edition of this remarkable travel account by the second confirmed Westerner to enter Mecca, and one of the earliest printed sources on travel in the Arabian Peninsula. Johann Wild's journey as a slave to a Muslim master took him from Cairo to modern-day Yemen: it is one of the earliest descriptions of Western and Southwestern Arabia, including Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. Wild was also the first European to describe the important pilgrim resting stop of Yanbu (cf. Charles Beckingham, "The Arabian Travels of Johann Wild"). - Wild and his Persian master made the Hajj from Cairo in 1606, enduring many hardships along the way. All told, the caravan and supplies of the pilgrims totaled 100,000 camels and was an obvious target for Bedouin bandits and marauders, who pillaged their supplies and killed many of the pilgrims enroute. His account of the journey is rich in detail, describing eg the beggars who pester the pilgrims for water in the Sinai desert and the booths selling jewelry and perfumes he finds in Mecca. After spending 20 days in Mecca, including a description of the ceremonial procession to Mount Arafat, Wild and his master left for Medina to visit the Tomb of the Prophet and then to Jeddah. From Jeddah they sailed to Mocha at the southern tip of Yemen (Wild erroneously believed he had reached Africa!), where Wild describes the resistance of the 'Moors' - probably indigenous Arabs - to the rule of the Pasha of Cairo. - Wild (b. 1585) eventually escaped from slavery and returned to Europe via Istanbul, reaching his hometown of Nurnberg around 1610. The present work includes an engraved portrait of the remarkable author - who had evidently converted to Islam at some stage of his captivity - at the age of just 28, when the book was published. It also contains a woodcut folding map detailing the scope of Wild's journey from Europe to the Arabian Peninsula. - Jews or Christians were traditionally forbidden on pain of death from entering the holy cities of Islam; very few Europeans thus recorded any personal experience of these places in the Early Modern period. The first recorded European to enter Mecca was Ludovico Varthema in 1503, who had disguised himself as a Turkish soldier. Reports by the Frenchman Vincent Leblanc of a visit to Mecca in 1568 are generally dismissed as spurious, as is the manuscript account of the German Emanuel Oertel dated to the 1560s (cf. Beckingham). The next European to visit Mecca after Wild would be the Englishman Joseph Pitts in 1680. - Wild's account is very rare, and is often found incomplete. VD17 shows just 7 complete copies in German libraries, while OCLC shows just 5 copies in American institutions. The last complete copy at German auction was in 1993. A second edition, also rare, was published in 1623. - Invisible repair to verso of map fold. Light foxing and fingersoiling, occasional dog-earing, otherwise a very good copy in a fine restored period binding. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .W55 1613 Book Item-ID: i16875643 BIB-ID: 1510986 Show less
Include a folded leaf manuscript in Ottoman Main Heritage Shelves General G465 .S35 1848 Book Item-ID: i22798377 BIB-ID: 1951333 Show moreInclude a folded leaf manuscript in Ottoman Main Heritage Shelves General G465 .S35 1848 Book Item-ID: i22798377 BIB-ID: 1951333 Show less
إبن بطوطة, تحفة النظار, الرحلات, Voyages and travels, وصف ورحلات, Description and travel, وصف ورحلات, Description and travel, G370.I2 I2 1975
حققه وقدم له وعلق عليه علي المنتصر الكتاني. Main Heritage Compact General G370.I2 I2 1975 Reference vol. 2 Item-ID: i23435586 BIB-ID: 2502609 Show moreحققه وقدم له وعلق عليه علي المنتصر الكتاني. Main Heritage Compact General G370.I2 I2 1975 Reference vol. 2 Item-ID: i23435586 BIB-ID: 2502609 Show less
إبن بطوطة, تحفة النظار, الرحلات, Voyages and travels, وصف ورحلات, Description and travel, وصف ورحلات, Description and travel, G370.I2 I2 1975
حققه وقدم له وعلق عليه علي المنتصر الكتاني. Main Heritage Compact General G370.I2 I2 1975 Reference vol. 1 Item-ID: i23743669 BIB-ID: 2502609 Show moreحققه وقدم له وعلق عليه علي المنتصر الكتاني. Main Heritage Compact General G370.I2 I2 1975 Reference vol. 1 Item-ID: i23743669 BIB-ID: 2502609 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G370 .M29 1900, 910 M272T
Bibliographical note.--The travels of Sir John Mandeville.--The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini.--The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis.-... Show moreBibliographical note.--The travels of Sir John Mandeville.--The voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini.--The journal of Friar William de Rubruquis.--The journal of Friar Odoric. Edited by A.W. Pollard. Main Heritage Compact General G370 .M29 1900 Reference Item-ID: i10226394 BIB-ID: 1024275 Show less
Voyages and travels, Travelers' writings, Travel writing, Travel writing, Travelers' writings, Voyages and travels, G465 .L565 2003, 910.403, 910.4
"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes;... Show more"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes; world travelers and their writings in diaries, letters, logbooks, and postcards; remarkable destinations; geographers and cartographers; and contemporary travel writers and their works. Author entries include biographical profiles. Each entry is complete with a list of references and further readings. Volume one contains two listings that are useful for browsing the three-volume set -- an alphabetical listing of entries and a thematic list of entries. Volume three has a bibliography of all works and articles referenced in the entries as well as a general index."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004. v. 1. A -- F -- v. 2. G -- P -- v. 3. R -- Z, Index. Jennifer Speake, editor. Main Heritage Compact General G465 .L565 2003 Reference vol. 3 Item-ID: i25442703 BIB-ID: 2682798 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Voyages and travels, Travelers' writings, Travel writing, Travel writing, Travelers' writings, Voyages and travels, G465 .L565 2003, 910.403, 910.4
"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes;... Show more"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes; world travelers and their writings in diaries, letters, logbooks, and postcards; remarkable destinations; geographers and cartographers; and contemporary travel writers and their works. Author entries include biographical profiles. Each entry is complete with a list of references and further readings. Volume one contains two listings that are useful for browsing the three-volume set -- an alphabetical listing of entries and a thematic list of entries. Volume three has a bibliography of all works and articles referenced in the entries as well as a general index."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004. v. 1. A -- F -- v. 2. G -- P -- v. 3. R -- Z, Index. Jennifer Speake, editor. Main Heritage Compact General G465 .L565 2003 Reference vol. 1 Item-ID: i25442685 BIB-ID: 2682798 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Voyages and travels, Travelers' writings, Travel writing, Travel writing, Travelers' writings, Voyages and travels, G465 .L565 2003, 910.403, 910.4
"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes;... Show more"Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes; world travelers and their writings in diaries, letters, logbooks, and postcards; remarkable destinations; geographers and cartographers; and contemporary travel writers and their works. Author entries include biographical profiles. Each entry is complete with a list of references and further readings. Volume one contains two listings that are useful for browsing the three-volume set -- an alphabetical listing of entries and a thematic list of entries. Volume three has a bibliography of all works and articles referenced in the entries as well as a general index."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004. v. 1. A -- F -- v. 2. G -- P -- v. 3. R -- Z, Index. Jennifer Speake, editor. Main Heritage Compact General G465 .L565 2003 Reference vol. 2 Item-ID: i25442697 BIB-ID: 2682798 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Gerald de Gaury. Main Heritage Compact General DA566.9.D36 A37 1983 Reference Item-ID: i15960237 BIB-ID: 1024839 Show moreGerald de Gaury. Main Heritage Compact General DA566.9.D36 A37 1983 Reference Item-ID: i15960237 BIB-ID: 1024839 Show less
Early days in Sind.--Guide-book to Mecca.--A trip to Harar.--Notes on scalping.--A day amongst the Fans.--Notes on the Dahoman.--Chapters from... Show moreEarly days in Sind.--Guide-book to Mecca.--A trip to Harar.--Notes on scalping.--A day amongst the Fans.--Notes on the Dahoman.--Chapters from travels.--Notes on Rome.--Spiritualism in Eastern lands.--Giovanni Battista Belzoni. by Sir Richard Burton, K. C. M. G.; now edited with an introduction and occasional notes by N. M. Penzer ... Main Heritage Shelves General D7 .B96 1924 Book Item-ID: i10175544 BIB-ID: 1019190 Show less
