The Penetration of Arabia (Classic Reprint): A Record of the Development of Western, Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula

by David George Hogarth

Excerpt from The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western, Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula
The purpose of this volume is to describe the exploration of inland Arabia. Little, therefore, will be found in it concerning coast-surveys, or travellers who visited ports only. The author feels it incumbent on him to state that he is not among those who have penetrated the Arabian Peninsula, and that his personal acquaintance with its inhabitants and their language is small. His sole qualification for writing the story of Arabian exploration rests on a study of the literature of Arabian travel, which the fascination of the subject has led him to pursue for some years. His book must be regarded therefore as a mere essay in the polarization, appreciation, and introduction to the public of other men's first-hand work.
Unlike the first volume in this Series, the second cannot pretend to relate the achievement of a Quest. Arabia is still in great part withdrawn from western eyes. But the present moment, which occurs during a marked pause in its exploration, is not an unfitting one for taking stock of knowledge.
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479 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1981

About the author

D.G. Hogarth was a British archaeologist and scholar. From 1909 until his death in 1927, he was the keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

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[عمر جوبا · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتابٌ فاضح، أول ما قلتُه بعدما أقفلتُ الصفحة الأخيرة منه، هو سجلٌ مفصل عما لم يكن يعرفه الغربيون عن الجزيرة العربية، فهو لا يهتم إطـلاقًا بتلك المناطق المطروقة أو الساحلية، إنما يحكي عن الأجزاء التي لم تُضربْ بعد من الغربيين في الجزيرة ...
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كتابٌ قيّم، زود بخرائط واضحة للمدن الرئيسة في جزيرة العرب، لا شك أن لهذا الكتاب دورًا في كل ما حدث قديمًا في هذه الأرض، هو خريطة مفصلة للورانس يستعملها كيف يشاء، في زمن عزت فيه الأقمار الصناعية.
كتابٌ جيّد لمن أراد أن يعرف كيف يفكر أعداؤنا.

[Khalid Abduaziz · Rating 5 out of 5]

حاليا اقرا الكتاب ولم انته منه