NIEBUHR (C[arstens]).
Beschryving van Arabie: uit eigene waarnemingen en in 't land zelf verzamelde narigten ...
The best eighteenth century topographical account of Arabia, with a description of Yemen which has probably never been surpassed. Niebuhr was the surveyor and sole survivor of a party of five specialists despatched by King Frederick V of Denmark. They first visited Sinai, then moved south to Mokha, and by ship to Bombay from where Niebuhr travelled alone to Muscat, Shiraz, Persepolis, Bagdad, Aleppo.