Middle East
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Shaw, ThomasTravels or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant.At the Theatre, Oxford, 1738

During the period of his chaplaincy at Algiers from 1720 to 1733, Shaw travelled in Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and through much of North Africa. His work is valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography and the natural history specimens he observed. First Edition. Description: Bound in contemporary calf, spine with 6 raised bands ruled…