par Jean Dresch. Documents sur les genres de vie de montagne dans le massif central du Grand Atlas. Issued also as thesis, Univ. de Paris. Main... Show morepar Jean Dresch. Documents sur les genres de vie de montagne dans le massif central du Grand Atlas. Issued also as thesis, Univ. de Paris. Main Heritage Shelves General HC591.M8 D7 1941 Book Item-ID: i1008244x BIB-ID: 1009880 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
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
Description and travel, Description and travel, DT351 .D39 1828, 916.6
by Major Denham, F.R.S., Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the Great Desert to the tenth degree of northern latitute... Show moreby Major Denham, F.R.S., Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the Great Desert to the tenth degree of northern latitute, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Felatah empire. The appendix contains: no. I-XVI. Translations from the Arabic, of various letters and documents, brought from Bornou and Soudan by Major Denham and Captain Clapperton. By A. Salame. Main Heritage Shelves General DT351 .D39 1828 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i24867895 BIB-ID: 1016774 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DT361 .P3 1935
Main Heritage Shelves General DT361 .P3 1935 Book Item-ID: i10087552 BIB-ID: 1010391 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT361 .P3 1935 Book Item-ID: i10087552 BIB-ID: 1010391 Show less
by J. G. Lorimer. Completed and edited by L. Birdwood. Facsimile reprint. Contents. - v.1, pt.1 (pt.a & b)-2. Historical. - v.1, pt.3, Historical,... Show moreby J. G. Lorimer. Completed and edited by L. Birdwood. Facsimile reprint. Contents. - v.1, pt.1 (pt.a & b)-2. Historical. - v.1, pt.3, Historical, tables-maps. - v.2, pt.1-2. Geographical and statistical. Show less
