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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmberley Publishing
ISBN-101445644215
ISBN-139781445644219
eBay Product ID (ePID)208666446
Product Key Features
Book TitleEyewitness Accounts Pilgrimage to Meccah
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Asia / General, Islam / General
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRichard Francis Burton
Book SeriesEyewitness Accounts Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-303571
SynopsisAmberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, 'I was there!', The journey that made Richard Burton famous as a traveller and explorer in the nineteenth century was a pilgrimage to Mecca, which he carried out disguised as a Pashtun tribesman from what is now north-western Pakistan or Afghanistan. Having spent seven years in India with the army of the East India Company, Burton was familiar with the customs and languages but the journey, travelling from Alexandria in Egypt south to the Red Sea and then from the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, was difficult and his caravan was attacked by bandits. After the conclusion of his journey, Burton briefly served in the Crimean War, was hired by the Royal Geographical Society to explore Africa's east coast and was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika. Later in his life, he would join the Diplomatic Service, serving in Fernando Po, Santos and Trieste among others. This famous account describes a journey forbidden to non-Muslims made by one of the great travellers, adventurers, writers and linguists of the Victorian age., The journey that made Richard Burton famous as a traveller and explorer in the nineteenth century was a pilgrimage to Mecca, which he carried out disguised as a Pashtun tribesman from what is now north-western Pakistan or Afghanistan. Having spent seven years with the army of the East India Company, Burton was familiar with the customs and languages, but the journey was difficult and his caravan was attacked by bandits. This account describes a journey forbidden to non-Muslims made by one of the great travellers and adventurers of the nineteenth century.
LC Classification NumberDS207
