Travels to the city of the Caliphs,
along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean including a voyage to the coast of Arabia, and a tour of the island of Socotra.
London, Henry Colburn, 1840
Wellsted's short career was almost entirely devoted to surveying and exploration of the Red Sea, Arabia and Oman during a number of expeditions between 1830 and 1837. His death at the age of 37 was attributed to a failed suicide attempt made in the grip of fever while exploring Oman.
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 485; viii, 347pp., 2 lithographed frontispieces, folding map in vol. I, modern brown half sheep gilt, tan labels, a very good copy.
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