Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... caravan and the method of travelling have to be taken into account . Large caravans went slowly ( 7 hours per day ) and took 45-70 days ; small caravans did it in 25 days . Beawes took 29 days , at 11 hours ' travelling per day ...
... caravan and the method of travelling have to be taken into account . Large caravans went slowly ( 7 hours per day ) and took 45-70 days ; small caravans did it in 25 days . Beawes took 29 days , at 11 hours ' travelling per day ...
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... caravan was to rendezvous . We had scarce advanced half a mile in the road before my cajavas broke down . However , they were soon set to rights again , and we overtook the caravan about four ; having had a spice of strong north - west ...
... caravan was to rendezvous . We had scarce advanced half a mile in the road before my cajavas broke down . However , they were soon set to rights again , and we overtook the caravan about four ; having had a spice of strong north - west ...
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Hakluyt Society. The caravans which cross these deserts are of two sorts , the caravan of light camels , and the merchants caravan , of both which I shall give a description . The first is chiefly made up of young camels which are sent ...
Hakluyt Society. The caravans which cross these deserts are of two sorts , the caravan of light camels , and the merchants caravan , of both which I shall give a description . The first is chiefly made up of young camels which are sent ...
Contents
A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745 by William | 1 |
A Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748 by Gaylard | 41 |
A Similar Journey in 1750 by Bartholomew Plaisted | 129 |
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afternoon Ain el Qom Aleppo Amurath ancient appears Arabia Arabs arrived Asia Bagdad Bagdad caravan barren Bashaw Basra Bassora Battan Beawes Bengal breeze camels carav caravan caravan route Carmichael Course S.E. desert route distance East India encamped Euphrates European expence five four Ganam Gertrude Bell ground Gulf Hakluyt half an hour Haran hills hundred inhabitants journal journey from Busserah July Lakhmid loaded London mamoodies mentioned merchants Mesopotamia miles morning at seven Mount Gilead Mounted this morning Mousul Najaf Niebuhr night noon obliged Oglet Haran Orfa Ormuz overland Palmyra passage passed Persian piasters plain Plaisted plenty probably proceeded Rahba Rennell river road ruins rupees sandy servant seven Sheik shrubs side soil stones stony sunrise Syria Taiyibe Tavernier Teixeira thence three hours town travellers Turks twenty Ukhaidir Urfa valley village Voyage Wadi weather wind