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... travellers again appeared on the scene , they were almost all of British nationality , and most of them were in the service of the East India Company . For all attempts to find an alternative route to the East by way of the Arctic seas ...
... travellers again appeared on the scene , they were almost all of British nationality , and most of them were in the service of the East India Company . For all attempts to find an alternative route to the East by way of the Arctic seas ...
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... travellers thought nothing of steering a direct course from Aleppo to the head of the Persian Gulf ; they regarded the desert with little dread , considering it an easy country over which camels moved fast and well and found sufficient ...
... travellers thought nothing of steering a direct course from Aleppo to the head of the Persian Gulf ; they regarded the desert with little dread , considering it an easy country over which camels moved fast and well and found sufficient ...
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... travellers are deterred from steering this course , being liable everywhere to impositions and in some places to being plundered , tho ' I've known Armenians that had gone that way , without any such grievous impediments , and who gave ...
... travellers are deterred from steering this course , being liable everywhere to impositions and in some places to being plundered , tho ' I've known Armenians that had gone that way , without any such grievous impediments , and who gave ...
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