Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... described as being large enough for a 1 In 1584 a Dutchman , Bernard Burcherts , a comrade of Linschoten , returned from Goa to Europe by way of Ormuz , Basra , Babylon and Aleppo . He described his journey in letters to Linschoten ...
... described as being large enough for a 1 In 1584 a Dutchman , Bernard Burcherts , a comrade of Linschoten , returned from Goa to Europe by way of Ormuz , Basra , Babylon and Aleppo . He described his journey in letters to Linschoten ...
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... present - day Asshar ( Ashur ) Creek did then , as now , run up from the Euphrates ( Shatt el Arab ) into the city , dividing it into two parts . Teixeira described it well in 1604 ( see Hakluyt end of that city is seated on the side of 7.
... present - day Asshar ( Ashur ) Creek did then , as now , run up from the Euphrates ( Shatt el Arab ) into the city , dividing it into two parts . Teixeira described it well in 1604 ( see Hakluyt end of that city is seated on the side of 7.
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... described as ' the common route of the caravan from Aleppo to Bassora over the Great Desert of Arabia as described in a Journal kept by Mr Carmichael in the year M.D.CCLI . ' A map showing Carmichael's route was published by Irwin1 in ...
... described as ' the common route of the caravan from Aleppo to Bassora over the Great Desert of Arabia as described in a Journal kept by Mr Carmichael in the year M.D.CCLI . ' A map showing Carmichael's route was published by Irwin1 in ...
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