Travels in Arabia Deserta - Volume 1
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Travels in Arabia Deserta 2 Volume Set
ISBN-10
1108009468
ISBN-13
9781108009461
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 17th, 2010
Print length
668 Pages
Weight
1,060 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 14.20 x 3.80 cms
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern historyMiddle Eastern historyClassic travel writing
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Charles Doughty says in his preface to Travels in Arabia Deserta (first published in 1888) that he has tried to 'set forth faithfully some parcel of the soil of Arabia'. This is a classic and justly famous account of an area previously little known to Westerners.
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 sàmn 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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