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Travels in Arabia Deserta. By C. M. Doughty. 2 Vols. (Cambridge: University Press, 1888.) MR. DOUGHTY'S book takes us back to the age of the old travellers.
In 1876 the young Charles Doughty set out to cross the interior of the Arabian Peninsula. His goal was the 'lost' city of Madain Saleh and several years were spent in what were later called his ...
Arabia Deserta was first published in 1888 by the Cambridge Press in a limited edition, priced at ten guineas. Its fame increased for years among a small circle of experts, an abbreviated edition ...
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