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.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Edinburgh : Printed for R. Morison and Son : G. Mudie ; London : T. Vernor, 1792.Description: 2 volumes, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, folded maps ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- Half-title: Niebuhr's travels through Arabia and other countries in the East
- Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815 -- Travel -- Middle East -- Early works to 1800
- Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815
- Antiquities
- Travel
- Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Iran -- Antiquities
- Arabie (Péninsule) -- Descriptions et voyages -- Ouvrages avant 1800
- Iran -- Antiquités
- Arabian Peninsula
- Iran
- Middle East
- 915.3 22
- DS206 .N6 1792
- Also issued online.
Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STUDENTS ROOM | DS206 .N6 1792 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available (Item does not circulate.) | 197015182 |
Abridged and adapted by the translator for the "public in general": v. 1 from v. 1 of C. Niebuhr's Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern (published in 1774) and v. 2 from Niebuhr's Beschreibung von Arabien (published in 1772).
Vol. 1: xx, 454, [1], [10] leaves of plates ; v. 2: xii, 439 p., [2] leaves of plates.
Maps engraved by A. McIntyre.
Volume 1: Voyage from Copenhagen to Alexandria ; Of Egypt in general ; Of the government, arts, and trade of Egypt ; Of the manners of the Orientals in general, and particularly of the Egyptians ; Egyptian antiquities ; Journey from Cairo to Suez and Mount Sinai ; Voyage from Suez to Jidda and Loheia ; Route from Loheia to Beit el Fakih ; Excursion through the country about Beit el Fakih ; Journey through the mountaneous part of Yemen ; Journey from Beit el Fakih to Mokha ; Journey from Mokha to Taoes ; Journey to Sama ; Our stay at Sana, in the Iman's court ; Our return from Sana to Mokha -- Volume 2: Of Arabia in general ; Of the province of Hedjas ; Of Yemen in general ; Of the sominions of the Imam of Sana ; Of the province of Hadramaut ; Of the province of Oman ; Of the provinces of Lachfa and Nedsjed ; Of the Independent Arabian States upon the sea-coast of Persia.
ESTC, T51605
Also issued online.
Abridged and adapted by the translator for the "public in general": v. 1 from v. 1 of C. Niebuhr's Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern (published in 1774) and v. 2 from Niebuhr's Beschreibung von Arabien (published in 1772).