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On the rate of travelling as performed by camels; and its application, as a scale, to the purposes of geography. By James Rennell, Esq. F.R.S. From the philosophical transactions.
Rennell, James, 1742-1830.Date: 1791]- Books
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The travels of the Chevalier D'Arvieux in Arabia the desart; Written by himself, and published by Mr. De la Roque: giving a very accurate and entertaining account of the religion, rights, customs, diversions, &c. of the bedouins, or Arabian scenites. Undertaken by order of the Late French King. To which is added, a general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best manuscripts; with notes. Done into English by an eminent hand. Illustrated with copper plates.
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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The chevalier D'Arvieux's travels in Arabia the desart; written by himself, and Publish'd by Mr. De la Roque: Giving a very accurate and entertaining Account of the Religion, Rights, Customs, Diversions, &c. of the Bedouins, or Arabian Scenites. Undertaken by order of the late French king To which is added, A general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best Manuscripts; with Notes. Done into English by an eminent hand. Illustrated with Copper Plates.
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: 1718- Books
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Observations on the passage to India, through Egypt, and across the great desert; with Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, and also sketches of the different routes: by James Capper, Esq; Colonel in the Service of the Hon. East India Company. Tentanda Via est.
Capper, James, 1743-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Descriptio peninsulæ Arabum.
Abū al-Fida Ismā'il ibn 'Ali, 1273-1331.Date: 1740]- Books
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Travels through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of the world: Giving a particular and faithful Account of what is most remarkable in the Manners, Religion, Polity, Antiquities and Natural History of those Countries: with a Curious Description of Jerusalem, as it now appears, and other Places Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Thompson, Esq. Interspersed with the remarks of several other modern travellers; illustrated with notes, historical, geographical, and miscellaneous.
Thompson, Charles, active 1750.Date: 1798- Books
The travels of the Chevalier d'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart / written by himself and published by Mr. de la Roque ... To which is added, a general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best manuscripts; with notes. Done into English by an eminent hand.
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: 1732- Books
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A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a route through the desarts of Thebais, in the year 1777: with a supplement of a voyage from Venice to Latichea; ... In letters to a lady. By Eyles Irwin, ... Illustrated with maps and cuts. ... In two volumes. ...
Irwin, Eyles, 1751?-1817.Date: 1787- Books
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Travels through Arabia, and other countries in the East, performed by M. Niebuhr, ... Translated into English by Robert Heron. With notes by the translator; and illustrated with engravings and maps. In two volumes. ...
Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815.Date: 1792- Books
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Travels through Arabia, and other countries in the East, performed by M. Niebuhr, now a Captain of engineers in the service of the King of Denmark. Translated into English by Robert Heron. With notes by the translator; and illustrated with engravings and maps. In two volumes.
Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815.Date: 1792- Books
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Travels to the coast of Arabia Felix: and from thence by the Red-Sea and Egypt, to Europe. Containing a short account of an expedition undertaken against the Cape of Good Hope. In a series of letters by Henry Rooke, Esq. Late Major Of The 100th Regiment Of Foot.
Rooke, Henry.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Travels to the coast of Arabia Felix: and from thence by the Red-Sea and Egypt, to Europe. Containing a short account of an expedition undertaken against the Cape of Good Hope. In a series of letters by Henry Rooke, Esq. Late Major Of The 100th Regiment Of Foot And Lt. Colonel, BY Brevet, In India.
Rooke, Henry.Date: 1788- Books
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Observations on the passage to India, through Egypt, and across the Great Desert; with occasional remarks on the adjacent countries, and also Sketches of the different Routes: By James Capper, Esq; Colonel in the Service of the Hon. East India Company.
Capper, James, 1743-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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The Turks, the Greeks, & the Slavons : travels in the Slavonic provinces of Turkey-in-Europe / by G. Muir Mackenzie and A.P. Irby ; with maps, and numerous illustrations by F. Kanitz.
Date: 1867- Books
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Observations on the passage to India, through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the great desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, An Account of the different Stages, And Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates. By James Capper, Esq;
Capper, James, 1743-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The chevalier D'Arvieux's travels in Arabia the desart; written by himself, and publish'd by Mr. de la Roque: Giving a very Accurate and Entertaining Account of the Religion, Rites, Customs, Diversions, &c. of the Bedouins, or Arabian Scenites. Undertaken by Order of the late French King. To which is Added, A General Description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, Translated from the best Manuscripts; with Notes. Done into English by an eminent hand Illustrated with Copper Plates.
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: M.DCC.XXIII. [1723]- Books
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A journal, with occasional remarks, made on a trip from Aleppo to Bussora, across the Grand Desart [sic] of Arabia. By Henry Abbott.
Abbott, Henry, active 1784-1789.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A voyage to Arabia the happy, by the way of the Eastern ocean, and the streights of the Red-Sea: perform'd by the French for the first time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. Together With a particular Relation of a Journey from the Port of Moka to the Court of the King of Yemen, in the second Expedition, A. D. 1711, 1712, 1713. Also, an account of the coffee-tree, and its Fruit. Collected from the Observations of those employed in this last Voyage. Likewise an historical Treatise of the first use of Coffee, and the Progress it afterwards made both in Asia and Europe; how it was introduced into France, and whence it came to be so generally received at Paris.
La Roque, Jean de, 1661-1745.Date: 1726- Books
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A journal of the travels and sufferings of Daniel Saunders, Jun. A mariner on board the ship Commerce of Boston, Samuel Johnson, commander, which was cast away near Cape Morebet, on the coast of Arabia, July 10, 1792.
Saunders, Daniel.Date: 1797- Books
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Travels through Arabia and other countries in the east, performed by M. Niebuhr, now a captain of engineers in the service of the King of Denmark. Translated by Robert Heron. With notes by the translator; and illustrated with engravings. In two volumes. ...
Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815.Date: M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]- Books
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A voyage to Arabia fœlix Through the Eastern Ocean And the Streights of the Red-Sea, being the first made by the French in the years 1708, 1709 and 1710. Together with A Particular Account of a Journey from Mocha to Muab, or Mowahib, the Court of the King of Yaman, in their Second Expendition, in the Years 1711, 1712, and 1713. Also a narrative concerning the tree and fruit of coffee. Collected from the Observations of those who made the last Voyage; and an Historical Treatise of the Original and Progress of Coffee, both in Asia and Europe. Translated from the French. To which is added, an account of the captivity of Sir Henry Middleton at Mokha, by the Turks, in the year 1612; and his Journey from thence to Zenan, or Sanaa, the Capital of the Kingdom of Yaman, with some Additions, particularly relating to that Country and the Red-Sea.
La Roque, Jean de, 1661-1745.Date: 1742- Books
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The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: containing I. The geographical description of all kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire; the natural and political history; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Felix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts. The whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus; and now first translated into English.
Almeida, Manuel de, 1580-1646.Date: 1710- Books
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Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa : from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq. the British consul. Comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family, and other persons of distinction; also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.
Tully, Richard.Date: 1816- Books
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A journal of the travels and sufferings of Daniel Saunders, Jun. A mariner on board the ship Commerce, of Boston, Samuel Johnson, commander, which was cast away near Cape Morebet, on the coast of Arabia, July 10, 1792. Published according to act of Congress.
Saunders, Daniel.Date: 1794- Books
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Arabia of the Wahhabis / H. St.J. B. Philby.
Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960Date: 1977