Early Travels in Palestine

At different times from the seventh to the seventeenth century, nine daring explorers -- whose perilous and scarcely believable adventures are recounted in this book -- made their way from England and western Europe to distant lands in the Middle East. Their narratives of those trips are unflaggingly fascinating, providing insights into the Middle East as well as the farthest reaches of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Describing their surroundings and the attitudes of the people they met along th...