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Book/Printed MaterialSummary of the History of the Arabs. Louis-Amélie Sédillot was a French astronomer and orientalist, son of Jean-Jacques Sédillot, who influenced the boy toward pursuing these same interests. Sédillot the younger translated and published Arabic astronomical works. Khulasat Tarikh al-'Arab (Summary of the history of the Arabs) is a translation and adaption by 'Ali Mubārak Pasha of Louis-Amélie Sédillot's Histoire des Arabes. Mubārak is revered as the father of modern education...- Contributor: Sédillot, L.-A. (Louis-Amélie)
- Date: 1892
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Book/Printed MaterialArabia, Egypt, India: a narrative of travel, At head of title: A E I.- Contributor: Burton, Isabel
- Date: 1879
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CollectionWorld Digital Library This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian,...Collection Items: View 19,339 Items
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Book/Printed MaterialAbout this Collection | World Digital Library | Digital Collections This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian,... -
Book/Printed MaterialEssay on Paper, Read in the Public Meeting held by Cercle des Philadelphes, August 15, 1788.
Dissertation sur le papier, lue dans la séance publique, tenue par le Cercle des Philadelphes, le 15 Août 1788 In the second half of the 18th century, the French colony of Saint-Domingue emerged as one of the wealthiest territories in the Western hemisphere. Its economy was heavily based on slave labor and the production of sugar. Cap-Français (present-day Cap-Haïten) was the cultural capital of the colony and one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Americas. In August 1785 a group of white...- Contributor: Cercle Des Philadelphes - Arthaud, Charles
- Date: 1788
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PeriodicalThe New Generation.
An-Nashi'a An-Nashi'a (The new generation) was a comprehensive monthly literary magazine dedicated to the advancement of scientific and cultural life in post-World War I Iraq. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in that war, Iraq was placed under a League of Nations mandate administered by the British. In 1921, a monarchy was established, and the country went on to gain independence from Britain in...- Contributor: Bayati, Hassan
- Date: 1921
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Book/Printed MaterialThe countries and tribes of the Persian Gulf. The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf is a collection of the notes of S.B. Miles, longtime British official in the Persian Gulf generally and Oman in particular. They were compiled and published posthumously, first in 1919, and reprinted several times later. This account of Oman's political history is still widely consulted and quoted. Miles covers pre-Islamic history, pointing out that from the...- Contributor: Miles, Samuel Barrett
- Date: 1919
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Book/Printed MaterialA memoir of India and Avghanistaun, with observations on the present exciting and critical state and future prospects of those countries ...
Memoir of India and Afghanistan Josiah Harlan (1799-1871) was an adventurer and soldier of fortune who possibly was the first American to travel to Afghanistan. Born in Pennsylvania into a large Quaker family, he went to Asia in 1823, where he found employment as a surgeon with the British East India Company. In 1827 he entered the service of Shah Shooja-ool-Moolk, the former leader of Afghanistan who had been...- Contributor: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Harlan, Josiah
- Date: 1842
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Book/Printed MaterialThe story of extinct civilizations of the East,- Contributor: Anderson, Robert E.
- Date: 1896
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Book/Printed MaterialThe bondage and travels of Johann Schiltberger : a native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427 On spine: Travels of Schiltberger. Translation of: Reisen in Europa, Asien, und Afrika von 1394-1427. Includes bibliographical references (p. [vii]-xiv) and index.- Contributor: Schiltberger, Johannes
- Date: 1879
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Book/Printed MaterialModern geography. A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in all parts of the world: including the most recent discoveries, and political alterations: Digested ... "Catalogue of maps, and of books of voyages and travels": v. 2, p. 792-802. Vols. 1 and 2 have supplements containing corrections and additions 1817.- Contributor: Pond, John - Pinkerton, John - Nicolle De La Croix
- Date: 1811
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Book/Printed MaterialThe languages of the seat of war in the East. With a survey of the three families of language, Semitic, Arian and Turanian.- Contributor: Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
- Date: 1855
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Book/Printed MaterialChronological retrospect, or memoirs of the principal events of Mahommedan history,- Contributor: Price, David
- Date: 1811
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Book/Printed MaterialRelics of the Honourable East India company,- Contributor: Foster, William - Birdwood, George C. M. (George Christopher Molesworth) - Griggs, William
- Date: 1909
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Book/Printed MaterialThe exploration of the world. Added t. p., illus. Series title also at head of t. p.- Contributor: Leigh, Dora - Verne, Jules
- Date: 1882
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Book/Printed MaterialTrailing the Bolsheviki : twelve thousand miles with the allies in Siberia,- Contributor: Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William)
- Date: 1919
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Book/Printed MaterialProblems of the Middle East,- Contributor: Hamilton, A. (Angus)
- Date: 1909
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Book/Printed MaterialRussia, India and the Persian Gulf (published as an article in the Asiatic quarterly review for April, 1903)- Contributor: Rees, J[Ohn] D[Avid] - Rees, J. D. (John David)
- Date: 1903
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Book/Printed MaterialThe lake regions of Central Africa;- Contributor: Burton, Richard Francis - Burton, Richard F[Rancis]
- Date: 1860
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Book/Printed MaterialTo the Gold Coast for gold; a personal narrative,- Contributor: Burton, Richard Francis - Cameron, Verney Lovett
- Date: 1883
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Book/Printed MaterialUltima Thule; or, A summer in Iceland. "Catalogue-raisonné of modern travel in Iceland":v. 1, p. 235-260. Appendices: On sulphur in Iceland, by O. Henchel, Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Mr. C. Crowe ... Leasing contract. Sulphur in Sicily. Sulphur in Transylvania. Sulphur in Andaman Islands. Seen through the press by Högni Gunlögsen. cf. Pref.- Contributor: Burton, Richard Francis - Burton, Richard F[Rancis]
- Date: 1875
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Book/Printed MaterialArabia. Josiah Conder (1789-1855) was a British publisher and author who wrote or compiled 33 volumes of travel literature about nearly every region of the world, including the Middle East. Conder himself never traveled abroad and composed his works by drawing upon the writings of earlier scholars and explorers. As indicated in the subtitle, Conder organized his book on Arabia into sections. He begins by...- Contributor: Conder, Josiah
- Date: 1833
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Book/Printed MaterialPanama and the canal in picture and prose ... Published in 1913, Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose is a comprehensive overview of Panama and the Panama Canal in the year before it was opened to commerce. Organized in 20 chapters, the book begins with an introductory chapter about Jamaica, "the front door to Panama." Chapters two through six give an overview of the history and geography of Panama. Chapter 15...- Contributor: Abbot, Willis John
- Date: 1913
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Book/Printed MaterialCabool: a personal narrative of a journey to, and residence in that city, in the years 1836, 7, and 8. Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 is an account of an 18-month voyage undertaken by Sir Alexander Burnes and three companions by order of the governor-general of India. The purpose of the journey was to survey the Indus River and the territories adjoining it, with the aim of opening up...- Contributor: Burnes, Alexander
- Date: 1843