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Travels of Exploration in Arabia 1750-1850

---------Niebuhr J 1761-63 --------- Burckhardt 2 1812 -------- WeHstedt4 1834
3 1813-15 5 1834-35
iiiiiiiiniil Mountains Aucher-E/oy 6 1835
7 1830-33

Fig. 1

insula increased rapidly after 1850 and the number of trav­
ellers was comparatively high (cf. Fig. 2), Wellsted’s a-
chievement, which must undoubtedly be recognized as a
scientific one, was not surpassed. This is not an exaggerated