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Thorkild Hansen James McFarlane Kathleen Mc Arabia Felix (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- Arabia Felix
- Title
- Arabia Felix
- ISBN-10
- 1681370727
- EAN
- 9781681370729
- ISBN
- 9781681370729
- Edition
- Main
- Release Date
- 06/13/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Arabia Felix : the Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
- Book Series
- Nyrb Classics Ser.
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Travel, Science, History
- Topic
- Europe / Scandinavia, History, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Expeditions & Discoveries, Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 14.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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A riveting account of a landmark expedition that left only one survivor, now back in print for the first time in decades. Arabia Felix is the spellbinding true story of a scientific expedition gone disastrously awry. On a winter morning in 1761 six men leave Copenhagen by sea-a botanist, a philologist, an astronomer, a doctor, an artist, and their manservant-an ill-assorted band of men who dislike and distrust one another from the start. These are the members of the Danish expedition to Arabia Felix, as Yemen was then known, the first organized foray into a corner of the world unknown to Europeans. The expedition made its way to Turkey and Egypt, by which time its members were already actively seeking to undercut and even kill one another, before disappearing into the harsh desert that was their destination. Nearly seven years later a single survivor returned to Denmark to find himself forgotten and all the specimens that had been sent back ruined by neglect. Based on diaries, notebooks, and sketches that lay unread in Danish archives until the twentieth century, Arabia Felix is a tale of intellectual rivalry and a comedy of very bad manners, as well as an utterly absorbing adventure. Arabia Felix includes 33 line drawings and maps.
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Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1681370727
ISBN-13
9781681370729
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235208329
Product Key Features
Book Title
Arabia Felix : the Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Scandinavia, History, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Expeditions & Discoveries, Middle East / General
Book Series
Nyrb Classics Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Science, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ds247.742
Reviews
"An epic voyage...unflaggingly readable and interesting." --Don Moraes, The Spectator "The material that Thorkild Hansen has gathered for this book is as dramatic and colorful as anything.... Arabia Felix is a first-class job.... Hansen has rescued from oblivion a fine story of adventure, discovery, death and endurance.... He has written a shrewd study of human character under severe stress." --Orville Prescott, The New York Times "A blend of historical chronicle and biography...Hansen's absorbing chronicle of this expedition and its complicated background dramas is a splendid narrative told with literary distinction." --Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal "Thorkild Hansen...has written this so well that the reader is caught up in the problems of the expedition and travels with them slowly, sometimes dangerously as well as painfully.... This book reaffirms one's faith in the ability of the human being as an observer with minimum equipment...fascinating to the general reader." --Lorrin Kennamer, Austin American-Statesman "A scholarly and exciting account...an admirable writer, whose narrative energies [are] clear and dynamic...he tells it simply and well. Arabia Felix must appeal to anyone who enjoys reading of adventure and exploration." --Michael Adams, The Guardian
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-059783
Dewey Decimal
915.332044
Dewey Edition
23
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