Travels in Arabia - Volume 1 by John Lewis Burckhardt

Travels in Arabia - Volume 1

John Lewis Burckhardt

490 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

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John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 1809 he was commissioned by the African Association to discover the source of the River Niger. In p...

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