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  • WANDERINGS IN THREE CONTINENTS
    BURTON, RICHARD
    This posthumous volume of essays, first published in 1901, reveals Burton “in the aspect in which he was known best to the world – as a traveler and explorer”. Spanning the period from 1853 to 1870, the most active years of Burton’s life, the book includes chapters on Burton’s controversial pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, his travels to the city of Harar (in present-day Ethiop...
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    37,50 €

  • FROM KHARTOUM TO JERUSALEM
    MAIRS, RACHEL
    In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman – a combination of tourist guide and interpreter – in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, ge...
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    43,50 €

  • AMONG THE TIBETANS
    BIRD, ISABELLA
    Isabella Bird was the greatest travel writer of the late nineteenth century and she undertook her journey into western Tibet in the early summer of 1889, when she was already in her late fifties. But she was not the slightest bit fazed at the prospect of discomfort and possible death. And nearly die she did, at least once, before the trip was over. Isabella travelled over sever...
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    24,00 €

  • SYRIA. THE DESERT AND THE SNOW
    BELL, GERTRUDE
    "You may rely upon one thing - I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain."Gertrude Bell - traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy - was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East in the 20th century. With T.E. Lawrence, she was a significant force behind the Arab Revolt and was responsible for creating the boundaries of the modern state of Iraq,...
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    18,00 €

  • IN SEARCH OF KINGS AND CONQUERORS
    COOPER, LISA
    At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she visited were Ephesus, Binbirkilise and Carchemish in modern-day Turkey as well as Ukhaidir, Babylon and Najaf within the borders o...
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    30,00 €

  • TRAVELLERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST FROM BURCKHARDT TO THESIGER
    NASH, GEOFFREY (ED.)
    ‘Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger’ is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Britain’s involvement in the Middle East. The anthology contains extracts from many of the canonical travel texts of the period, including passages by T. E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Robert Byron, as well as many more extracts from bot...
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    75,00 €

  • A GRAND TOUR OF ASIA 1910
    A GRAND TOUR OF ASIA 1910 ...
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    29,70 €

  • ZHENG HE [ENG]
    YAMASHITA, MICHAEL
    ZHENG HE ...
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    41,20 €

  • YEMEN ENGRAVED
    INGRAMS, LEILA
    YEMEN ENGRAVED ...
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    45,40 €

  • FABLES OF THE EAST
    BALLASTER, ROS
    FABLES OF THE EAST ...
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    28,05 €

  • LADY ANNE BLUNT. A BIOGRAPHY
    WINSTONE,H.V.F.
    LADY ANNE BLUNT. A BIOGRAPHY ...
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    27,95 €

  • MANIPUR AND THE NAGA HILLS
    JOHNSTONE, JAMES
    MANIPUR AND THE NAGA HILLS ...
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    8,70 €