Travellers in Arabia

著者

• Bidwell, Robin Leonard

書誌事項

Travellers in Arabia

Robin Bidwell

Garnet, c1994

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In this book, Robin Bidwell tells the story of the great explorers of Arabia. The exploits of Niebuhr, who made the first intrepid exploration into the interior of southern Arabia in the 1760s, of Burton and Philby ("the greatest of Arabian explorers"), of Charles Montagu Doughty, Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and many others are recounted - not only their adventures but also the contributions they made to Western knowledge and understanding of Arabia. This is a comprehensive account by the late Robin Bidwell who spent many years in Arabia and was Secretary of the Middle East Centre in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge.

目次

• Introduction
• Arabia
• Europe discovers the Middle East
• Three Travellers to Mecca
• Niebuhr and his Companions
• Burckhardt
• Burton
• Palgrave
• Doughty
• Philby
• Travellers in the Hejaz
• Travellers in Eastern and Northern Arabia
• Travellers in South-west Arabia
• Travellers in Oman.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB03671295
• ISBN:
  • 1873938233
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Reading
• ページ数/冊数: 224 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 915.304
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel -- History
  • LCSH : Arabian Peninsula -- Discovery and exploration -- History