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The Penetration of Arabia by David George Hogarth is a first edition textbook published in 1904 by Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. Hardcover full cloth. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Hogarth was a British archeologist, author, and explorer who formed a close relationship with T.E. Lawrence, with whom he helped plan the Arab Revolt. The book was an attempt to chronicle the growth of Western knowledge about the Arabian Peninsula, rather than a first-hand account based on travel to the region. The book has two sections. "The Pioneers" analyzes the historical geography of the region from the time of Claudius Ptolemy (second century), and includes discussions of explorations by 18th- and early-to-mid-19th-century travelers such as Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) and Domingo Badia y Leblich (1766-1818). The second section, entitled "The Successors," covers the travels of mid-19th-century to early 20th-century explorers, including Richard Francis Burton, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, William Gifford Palgrave, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Lady Anne Blunt, and Charles Montague Doughty