The Gold-Mines of Midian

by Ruth Parr, Charles McKew Parr, Richard Francis Burton

Book Overview

A fascinating chronicle of Burton's 1877 expedition to locate gold and other valuable metals in the Arabian peninsula. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486287394
• ISBN13: 9780486287393
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Historical Treasure

It was wonderful to secure this unassuming volume for my personal library! Filled with actual diary entries by Sir Richard, it carries the reader through a 19th century travelogue which bares unexpected fruit relative to the historical veracity of the Holy Bible!