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The Penetration of Arabia - A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula (Paperback)
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The Penetration of Arabia - A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862-1927) was, when he died,
keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal
Geographical Society. During the First World War he was acting
director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo, where he was instrumental in
launching the Arab Revolt, in which T. E. Lawrence, a protege of
his, played so prominent a part. This book, published in 1904 as
the Hejaz railway was being built, is a summary of earlier
explorations in the Arabian peninsula, by both Muslim and European
travellers. Hogarth's first visit to Arabia was not made until
1916, when he travelled to Jeddah with GBP10,000 in gold to finance
the revolt; this book is instead based on his extensive reading of
travel literature, included in a bibliography for each chapter. It
is thus interesting for its historiographical analysis as well as a
background to Hogarth's subsequent political involvement with the
region.
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