Description de l Arabie, d après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays meme.

NIEBUHR, Carsten

Published by Amsterdam e Utrecht: S.J. Baalde e J. van Schoonhoven, 1774, 1774

About this Item

Second FRENCH Edition. 25 engraved plates, plans & maps, 8 folding. The famous account of the Royal Danish expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula,the first scientific expedition to this area sponsored by King Frederick V of Denmark, and from which Niebuhr returned as the only survivor. Nonetheless, the scientific discoveries that were made, and the array of manuscripts that were recovered aroused lasting interest among Europeans curious to hear about part of Arabia that had previously been closed off. The plates include illustrations of food, shoes, clothing, inscriptions, coins, agriculture, military exercises in Yemen, the mosques of Makkah and Madinah, and maps of Oman, the Arab Gulf, Suez and the Red Sea. Niebuhr was famous in his map of the Yemen (55 x 35 cm) which he calculated by traversing the country and measuring the distances mile by mile. It was the map of the Red Sea that contributed to the British in India rerouting their cargoes via Suez instead of around Africa. For the next century this map served further European explorers of Arabia. His map of the Arab Gulf is the earliest map to mention Kuwait, and Niebuhr is also one of the first to call the country Yemen instead of Arabia Felix. Ships from U.A.E.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Description de l Arabie, d après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays meme.
• Publisher: Amsterdam e Utrecht: S.J. Baalde e J. van Schoonhoven, 1774
• Publication Date: 1774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good