{"product_id":"pilgrimage-to-al-madinah-and-meccah-richard-francis-burton-9781850771265","title":"Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Vol. II","description":"\u003cp\u003eSir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) is the most celebrated of Victorian scholar-explorers, not least known for his part in the perilous expedition under J H Speke, which led to the discovery of Lake Tanganyika.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was, however, an earlier journey that established his reputation as an adventurer and writer of courage and sensitivity when, disguised as a 'Darwaysh' (a wandering vagrant or merchant), he set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. For a non-Muslim to be discovered under such circumstances meant certain death; but despite many alarms, Burton successfully completed his journey, thus being the first modern European to bring back a detailed record of his findings. Since the seventeenth century, only Burckardt had similarly succeeded in extending our knowledge of that \"huge white blot which on our maps still notes the eastern and central regions of Arabia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah\u003c\/em\u003e remains a classic study of Arabia, her people and customs, at the end of the 18th century. These two volumes, here reproduced in facsimile from the Memorial Editions of 1893, contain all the plans, maps and illustrations of the original text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Francis Burton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 185077126X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781850771265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Darf Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.31d","brand":"Richard Francis Burton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48459652071679,"sku":"9781850771265","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74002f39-5144-4fb8-84e1-e57d9967ec13.jpg?v=1777411038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pilgrimage-to-al-madinah-and-meccah-richard-francis-burton-9781850771265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}