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Travels in Arabia Deserta (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,725
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Travels in Arabia Deserta (Paperback): Charles Montagu Doughty

Travels in Arabia Deserta (Paperback)

Charles Montagu Doughty

Series: Travels in Arabia Deserta 2 Volume Set, Volume 1

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Western exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-eighteenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the British officers of the Indian colonial government undertook surveys of the areas remote from the major pilgrimage routes. Charles Doughty (1843 1926) spent two years among various nomad tribes and wrote in 1888 what would be the first comprehensive Western work on the geography of Arabia, in an attempt, as he says in the preface, to 'set forth faithfully some parcel of the soil of Arabia smelling of s mn and camels'. His classic and justly famous account is a fantastic piece of travel writing that shows full understanding of the area, the people and all aspects of nomadic life in the desert.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Travels in Arabia Deserta 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
Release date: June 2010
First published: February 2010
Authors: Charles Montagu Doughty
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 668
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-00946-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN: 1-108-00946-8
Barcode: 9781108009461

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