Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .B58 1880
Account of a journey made by Blunt and his wife, Lady Anne, in the winter of 1878. The Blunts travelled in the company of Mohammed Ibn Aruk, a... Show moreAccount of a journey made by Blunt and his wife, Lady Anne, in the winter of 1878. The Blunts travelled in the company of Mohammed Ibn Aruk, a friend they had made in Palmyra whose family descended from a Nejd tribe. Mohammed wished to return to Nejd in order to find a wife and the Blunts seized the opportunity of accompanying him. The description of their journey is highly detailed, with details of villages they visited, careful topographical description, observations on local custom, descriptions of wildlife and an account the stud of Arab horses belonging to ibn Rashid, the reigning Emir of Hail. The account is followed by a transcript of a discussion that followed Blunt's presentation to the Royal Geographical Society. It includes observations by Sir Lewis Pelly, Mr Blanford and Sir H. Rawlinson. - The maps show Northern and Central Arabia (with the travel route taken by the Blunts) and a detailed sketch map of Jebel Shammar. by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Detached from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, vol. 2, no. 2. Main Heritage Compact General DS207 .B58 1880 Book Item-ID: i16598787 BIB-ID: 1494599 Show less
edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreedited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery by George Rawlinson, M.A. ... ; assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Main Heritage Shelves General D58 .H47 1880 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i23878538 BIB-ID: 1011945 Show less
edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreedited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery by George Rawlinson, M.A. ... ; assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Main Heritage Shelves General D58 .H47 1880 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i23878514 BIB-ID: 1011945 Show less
edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreedited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery by George Rawlinson, M.A. ... ; assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Show less
edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreedited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery by George Rawlinson, M.A. ... ; assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Main Heritage Shelves General D58 .H47 1880 Book vol. 3 Item-ID: i23681780 BIB-ID: 1011945 Show less
edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreedited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery by George Rawlinson, M.A. ... ; assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Show less
ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and... Show moreed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chiefs results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obrained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery. Volume 4 / By George Rawlinson, M.A., assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J.G. Wilkinson, F.R.S. Show less
