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TRAVELS IN SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND
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| By: |
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa |
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Hardback |
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£35.00 |
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£28.88 |
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£6.12 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1850771898 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781850771890 |
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| Publisher: |
DARF PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 1992 |
| Edition: |
Facsimile edition |
| Pages: |
668 |
| Description: |
A masterpiece of descriptive and scholarly travelgoue, it describes author's journeys between 1810-1816. He records detailed aspects of the inhabitants' lives, religion, culture as well as topography, natural history and archaeology. |
| Synopsis: |
ravels in Syria and the Holy Land is a masterpiece in descriptive and scholarly travelogue. It describes the author's various journeys throughout the Holy Land between 1810 and 1816 win which he records every aspect of the life of the inhabitants, their religion and culture. He also provides fascinating details of topography, natural history and archaeology.John Lewis Buckhardt (1784-1817) is among the most intrepid and veracious o all the early European explorers of the interior of Africa. His many journal, published, after his death, by the African Association are remarkable alike for their interst and evident truthfulness.Having studied and prepared himself for the rigours of the life of an explorer, Burckhardt travelled widely throughout North Africa and Asia, surviving in a hostile Muslim world by passing himself off as a pilgrim. Indeed, so proficient was he in the Arab language and knowledge of their religion that learned Arabs unwittingly commended him as a great Muslim scholar.The present edition is taken in facsimile from the rare first edition of 1822, including its maps and line drawings. |
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1ill.6M. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Darf Publishers Ltd |
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Returnable |
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