The Land of Midian (Revisited)

Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)

The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality and the foresight of His Highness Ismail I., Khediv of Egypt, forms the subject of these volumes. During the four months between December 19, 1877, and April 20, 1878, the officers employed covered some 2500 miles by sea and land, of which 600, not including by-paths, were mapped and planned; and we brought back details of an old-new land which the civilized world had clean forgotten. - Preface in the book

Genre(s): Modern (19th C), Exploration

Language: English

Keyword(s): exploration (91), arabia (7), midian (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Abstract PaulW
00:26:34
Play 01 Part I The March Through Madyan Proper (North Midian) Chapter I Preliminary—from Trieste to Midian PaulW
00:36:06
Play 02 Part I Chapter II The Start—from El-muwaylah to the "White Mountain" and 'Aynúnah PaulW
00:43:44
Play 03 Part I Chapter III Breaking New Ground to Magháir Shu'ayb PaulW
00:36:10
Play 04 Part I Chapter IV Notices of Precious Metals in Midian—the Papyri and the Mediæval Arab Geographers PaulW
00:29:55
Play 05 Part I Chapter V Work At, and Excursions From, Magháir Shu'Ayb PaulW
00:43:53
Play 06 Part I Chapter VI To Makná, and Our Work There—the Magáni or Maknáwis PaulW
00:39:31
Play 07 Part I Chapter VII Cruise from Makná to El-'Akabah PaulW
00:49:58
Play 08 Part I Chapter VIII Cruise from El-'Akabah to El-Muwaylah—the Shipwreck Escaped-Résumé of the Northern Journey PaulW
00:29:33
Play 09 Part II The March Through Central and Eastern Midian Chapter IX Work in and Around El-Muwaylah PaulW
00:25:57
Play 10 Part II Chapter X Through East Midian to the Hismá PaulW
00:53:11