
Dolce far niente in Arabia
About this book
Georg August Wallin's life and travels in Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula and Persia are presented in four articles by Patricia Berg, Sofia Häggman, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila and Kaj Öhrnberg respectively. Wallin's impact as an ethnographic observer and linguistic scholar is also examined.
Subjects
Description and travelTravelAsianistsPhilologistsVoyages and travelsOrientalismBiographyHistory