Author: Thorkild Hansen; James and Kathleen McFarlane [trans.]
Title: Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Description: London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this fascinating account of a disastrous scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. The first English translated edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with numerous sketched maps and line drawings. This work tells the remarkable story of Danish Arabia expedition to Egypt, Arabia and Syria. The journey was attempted by six members, of whom only Carsten Niebuhr survived.Thorkild Hansen (a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction) has pieced together the story using the diaries, notebooks and sketches from the expedition that were consigned to Copenhagen Museum. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear and a few spots to the spine label. Dust wrapper is also very smart with light edgewear. A few scattered spots and handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: Not stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Keywords: Voyage Expedition History Arabia Felix Expedition Not stated


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