A riveting account of a landmark expedition that left only one survivor; now back in print for the first time in decades.Arabia Felix is the spellbinding true story of a scientific expedition gone disastrously awry. On a winter morning in 1761 six men leave Copenhagen by sea—a botanist; a philologist; an astronomer; a doctor; an artist; and their manservant—an ill-assorted band of men who dislike and distrust one another from the start. These are the members of the Danish expedition to Arabia Felix; as Yemen was then known; the first organized foray into a corner of the world unknown to Europeans. The expedition made its way to Turkey and Egypt; by which time its members were already actively seeking to undercut and even kill one another; before disappearing into the harsh desert that was their destination. Nearly seven years later a single survivor returned to Denmark to find himself forgotten and all the specimens that had been sent back ruined by neglect. Based on diaries; notebooks; and sketches that lay unread in Danish archives until the twentieth century; Arabia Felix is a tale of intellectual rivalry and a comedy of very bad manners; as well as an utterly absorbing adventure.Arabia Felix includes 33 line drawings and maps.
#240803 in Books Versa Press 2016-08-02Original language:English 8.40 x .60 x 5.50l; .45 #File Name: 1629117692159 pages
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