The book of travels. Volume one /

Show other versions (2)

The adventures of the man who created Aladdin, The Book of Travels is Ḥanna Diyāb's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literatu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diyāb, Ḥannā, approximately 1687- (Author)
Other Authors: Stephan, Johannes (Editor), Muhanna, Elias (Translator), Seale, Yasmine (writer of foreword.), Horta, Paulo Lemos (writer of afterword.), Cooperson, Michael (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Series:Library of Arabic literature.
Subjects:
Diyāb, Ḥannā, > approximately 1687- > Travel.
Lucas, Paul, > 1664-1737.
Lucas, Paul, > 1664-1737
Travelers' writings, Arabic > Translations into English.
Travelers' writings, Arabic > Early works to 1800.
Travelers' writings, Arabic > Early works to 1800 > Translations into English.
Écrits de voyageurs arabes > Ouvrages avant 1800.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Middle Eastern.
Travel
Travelers' writings, Arabic
Aleppo (Syria) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Paris (France) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Paris (France) > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Syria > Aleppo
France > Paris
Early works
Translations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Yasmine Seale
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Text
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • Chapter One
  • My Departure from Tripoli in the Company of the Traveler Paul Lucas, in the Month of February 1707 of the Christian Era
  • My First Time at Sea with Paul Lucas, in the Month of May 1707
  • Our Voyage to Egypt and What Happened to Us in the Month of June 1707
  • Our Travels to the Maghreb in the Year 1708
  • Our Journey to the Lands of the Franks in the Year 1708
  • Our Voyage to France
  • Our Journey from Provence to France and the City of Paris
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Names and Terms.

Similar Items