Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xviii
... took the same route on his way to Baghdad and Basra , giving an excellent account of the river journey1 . These East - bound travellers used the Euphrates ' to avoid the great weariness of the Desert journey . ' We have to wait until ...
... took the same route on his way to Baghdad and Basra , giving an excellent account of the river journey1 . These East - bound travellers used the Euphrates ' to avoid the great weariness of the Desert journey . ' We have to wait until ...
Page xxxiv
... took 45-70 days ; small caravans did it in 25 days . Beawes took 29 days , at 11 hours ' travelling per day . Roberts took 35 days . Plaisted was 24 days travelling between Basra and Aleppo ; this was with a fairly large caravan ...
... took 45-70 days ; small caravans did it in 25 days . Beawes took 29 days , at 11 hours ' travelling per day . Roberts took 35 days . Plaisted was 24 days travelling between Basra and Aleppo ; this was with a fairly large caravan ...
Page 114
... took a by road over some steep hills , and by that means escaped the danger ; about three in the afternoon we arrived at Balain , where being informed the vessel was not yet ready to sail , I took up my lodging at our Proconsul's . The ...
... took a by road over some steep hills , and by that means escaped the danger ; about three in the afternoon we arrived at Balain , where being informed the vessel was not yet ready to sail , I took up my lodging at our Proconsul's . The ...
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