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ARABIA REGION - MOUNTAINOUS PEARL AREA,
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This review is from: Aden the Mythical Port of Yemen (English and French Edition) (Hardcover)
JOSE-MARIE BEL - A GREAT TRAVELLER AND A KEEN WALKER AND MARATHON RUNNER . HE CROSSED YEMEN ON FOOT IN 1974 AND PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF WORKS ON THE COUNTRY . HE'S A GRADUATE IN PLASTIC ARTS , ARCHITECTURE AND ETHNOLOGY . HE HELPED TO RESTORE THE ARTHUR RIMBAUD HOUSE IN ADEN , WHERE HE LIVED FOR OVER A YEAR , COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD ANCIENT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THIS PORT CITY OF ADEN .ADEN TODAY IS THE SECOND CAPITAL , AFTER SAN'A , OF THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN .
THE AUTHOR BRINGS IT TO LIFE FOR US , THROUGH AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS , OLD DRAWINGS AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS , INCLUDING UNPUBLISHED ONES BY BARTHOLDI , TIAN AND RIMBAUD . JOSE-MARIE BEL DESCRIBES THE REGIONS OF ARABIA GIVING US A PERSONAL VIEW ENRICHED WITH MANY QUOTATIONS FROM THE LIKES OF IBN BATTUTA , ALBUQUERQUE , HAINES , HELFRITZ , KIPLING , MALRAUZ AND NIZAN . EDITED BY A BRUSSELS AND PARIS COMPANY - MAISONNEUVE & LAROSE - AMYRIS . |
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Aden the Mythical Port of Yemen (English and French Edition) by Jose Marie Bel (Hardcover - Mar. 1999)
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