Buch, Englisch, 484 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 677 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Buch, Englisch, 484 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 677 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-04218-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862-1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. During the First World War he was acting director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo, where he was instrumental in launching the Arab Revolt, in which T. E. Lawrence, a protégé of his, played so prominent a part. This book, published in 1904 as the Hejaz railway was being built, is a summary of earlier explorations in the Arabian peninsula, by both Muslim and European travellers. Hogarth's first visit to Arabia was not made until 1916, when he travelled to Jeddah with £10,000 in gold to finance the revolt; this book is instead based on his extensive reading of travel literature, included in a bibliography for each chapter. It is thus interesting for its historiographical analysis as well as a background to Hogarth's subsequent political involvement with the region.
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- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
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Prefatory note
Note on orthography
Part I. The Pioneers: 1. Before exploration
2. Niebuhr in Yemen
3. Pilgrims in Hijaz
4. The Egyptians in Nejd
5. The Egyptians in the southwest
6. The unknown south
7. The unknown north
Part II. The Successors: 8. Western borderlands
9. Southern borderlands
10. Eastern borderlands
11. The central north
12. The centre
13. The central south
14. Unknown Arabia
15. Summary
Index.
