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iiieiitioniiig Aiiaj and the Wady Yabrin. He says something of the 
great nortliern oasis of Jauf, and of Yeinama and i"aid and the southern 
desert. He died in 1331. 
Tliere is an erlition of his geography by Keinaud and Mac Guckin 
tie ^lane. Paris, 1840. 
A Prcnch translation appeared by Reinaud* Paris, 1848. 
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£535. 'BarMieiiiu, Ludovico di. — Accompanied the Syrian pilgrims to 
Medina anti Mecca as a mameluke voluntary, and visited Yemen. 
He then coastal down from Jidda by way of Kamaran and Jezan 
to Aden where he was arrested as a spy. After a quaint adventure 
he was released and went by the land route to Sana. He speaks 
of the orchards and fountains of all South Yemen, the spice trade of 
Zebid and the abundance of vines. 
Oartiioma, L. di. — Itinerario de Ludovico de Barthema. Stampato 
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Badger, iL F. — The travels of Ludovicus Varthema in Egypt, 
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Bartlienia, L. dl. — Travels in Arabia, translated by Richard 
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1546>49. — Beloii, Flerre (1517-1564). — Born at Mans, assassinated in 
1563. He travelled in the years 1546-49 in Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, 
Egypt and Arabia, paying attention chiefly to plants and animals. 
Beluii, F. — Les observations de plusieurs singularites et c hoses 
memorables, trouvees en Gr^e, Asie, Judee, Egypte, Arabic. Paris 
1554 and at Anvers 1555. Pages 269-289 give ‘‘ Le Voyage du Cairo 
au mont Sinai.’ ’ 
This was later on translated by Clusius in his Exotic orum. 
Belon, P. — Plurimarum singularium et memorabilium rerum in 
Graecia, Asia, etc. abipso conspectamm observationes : C. Clusius 
latinas faciebat. Altera editio (Impr. in Cliisii Exot.). Antverpise, 
1605. 
Bdois, P. — Portraits d’oyseaux, anim^ux, serpens, herbes, arbres, 
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£5£»5. — Purer ab Eaimendorf, Christ — He went on a pilgrimage to the 
Holy Land in 1565, being then 24 years of age, and returned in 1560. 
