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Description : north-western Arabia, second edition, folding map, illustrations, half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's red cloth, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, joints repaired, [Penzer, p.95-6], 8vo (219 by 135mm.), C. Kegan Paul, 1878; The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol., first edition, 16 plates (6 chromolithographed), folding map, illustrations, half-titles, library stamp on title versos and in text of North Devon Athenaeum, publisher's red cloth, spines faded, head and tail of spine rubbed, [Penzer, p.96-7, variant binding], 8vo (219 by 137mm.), C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879, together 3 vol. in a fitted cloth slipcase. north-western Arabia, second edition, folding map, illustrations, half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's red cloth, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, joints repaired, [Penzer, p.95-6], 8vo (219 by 135mm.), C. Kegan Paul, 1878; The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol., first edition, 16 plates (6 chromolithographed), folding map, illustrations, half-titles, library stamp on title versos and in text of North Devon Athenaeum, publisher's red cloth, spines faded, head and tail of spine rubbed, [Penzer, p.96-7, variant binding], 8vo (219 by 137mm.), C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879, together 3 vol. in a fitted cloth slipcase As the primary object of Burton's explorations was to find gold, Burton was able to obtain financial backing from Ismail, the Khedive of Egypt, who was then desperate for new resources. Although no gold was ever found, Burton covered some 2500 miles in four months, brought back 25 tons of samples, and surveyed the site of eighteen ancient settlements. His survey of the area, in the most northerly part of the Arabian peninsula, is held by many to be his greatest contribution to our knowledge of Arabia. The Land of Midian (Revisited) continued the work begun on the earlier expedition.
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