"As well as being an exciting record of [Joseph Pitt's] adventures, it included the first recorded Hajj pilgrimage made by an Englishman and also greatly added to knowledge of Islam and life in the Muslim world. This edition of the definitive 1731 text provides excellent background chapters on Pitts's life and Algiers; they set the narrative within its cultural context. The book is beautifully produced, with interesting and unusual illustrations as well as a very informative map." -- Caroline Stone SAUDI ARAMCO WORLD, September/October 2012
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