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I.D. 1177 Geology of Mesopotamia and its borderlands/ prepared on behalf of the Admiralty.

...Initially published for governmental use only, a prefaratory note states that this paper was prepared to summarize the geology of Mesopotamia and its borderlands, with particular attention to its mineral resources and likely industrial...

Lady Hester Stanhope

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...Lady Hester Stanhope, who arrived in Istanbul in 1810, perpetuated the tradition of the well-connected, pre-Victorian, aristocratic traveller, elevating the role to new levels of eccentricity. Stanhope’s unconventional life has been...

[Letter to Sir Joseph Banks,] Latikia, 7th July, 1803, [i.e. 1813].

Stanhope, Hester, Lady

...A long, informative letter to Sir Joseph Banks offering her expertise on Bedouin lifestyle gained from her notorious expedition into the desert with a tribe of Bedouin Arabs in January 1813, and detailing her experiences on this trip...

[Letter to Vicomte du Ponte]

Stanhope, Hester, Lady

...A short letter to the Vicomte du Ponte, addressing his anger toward her and expressing frustration that he was unavailable to receive her pleas for forgiveness in person. She also sends her commiserations over the fact that his horses have...

Rapport sur une mission scientifique en Perse

Olmer, L. Joseph, professeur de chimie

...The author was a professor at the Catholic Institute in Paris. Contents: I. Industrie de la Nourriture; II. Industrie Textile; III. Industrie Chimique et Silicates; IV. Teinture et Blanchiment; V. Industries d'Art; VI.Industries Diverses...

Mission scientifique au Caucase études archéologiques & historiques/ par J. de Morgan.

Morgan, J. de (Jacques)

...Publication based on the findings of the author's journey to the Caucasus undertaken under the auspices of the "Ministère de l'instruction publique et des beaux arts" of France with the purpose of archaeological exploration. Comprises 2...

Relation du voyage fait en Egypte, par le sieur Granger, En l’année 1730. Où l’on voit ce qu’il y a de plus remarquable, particulièrement sur l’Historie naturelle.

Granger, sieur

...Granger was a doctor from Dijon who had changed his name from Tourtechot and who travelled in Egypt and Syria in the 1730s. He was a friend of Pignon, French consul in Cairo and his major interest was in natural history. He died in 1734...

Mission scientifique dans la Haute Asie 1890-1895.$nDeuxième partie: Le Turkestan et le Tibet, étude ethnographique et sociologique/ par F. Grenard.

Fernand Grenard

...Written in French, with numerous words and brief passages in Arabic, this book is the report of a detailed ethnographic and sociological study, resulting from an expedition which departed in 1891. The expedition leader, Jules-Léon Dutreuil...

[Letter to His Royal Highness, King George III of England.] The Palace of St Antonio, Island of Malta. 29th July.

Stanhope, Hester, Lady

...A letter documenting the initial stages of Lady Hester Stanhope's well-chronicled sojourn east, while her plans were yet in their infancy, it relates her motives for departure, offering a programmatic rationale for her eventual residence...

A survey of the fauna of Iraq: mammals, birds, reptiles, etc. made by members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force D 1915-1919.

...First and only edition of a collection of papers on Iraqi zoology by members of the British Expeditionary Forces in Mesopotamia and Persia, based on specimens collected during the First World War and first published in the Journal...