Travels In Arabia. Vol I Oman And Nakab El Hajar. Vol Ii Sinai; Survey Of The Gulf Of Akabah; Coasts Of Arabia And Nubia [Two Volumes, First Printings]

London: John Murray, 1838. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Lithographic Plates And Engraved Maps. Xvi, 446,; 472 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind, Yellow Endpapers. First Printings, 1838. Complete With All Plates (After Designs By Wellsted) And Maps, Preliminary Folding Map In Volume I Is Torn In Half With Short Tears And Creases But Is Complete, All Lithographic Plates Quite Browned, Some Browning To Edges Of Maps. Cloth Of Both Volumes Is Quite Worn At Edges; The Spine Of Volume I Is Completely Perished, And It Has Been Re-Backed With Green Cloth; Fraying To All Edges Of Volume I, And To Corners Of Volume Ii. Illegible Nearly Circular Stamp In Arabic On Volume I Front Endpaper; Bookseller's Ticket Of Hodgson, Dublin, 19Th Century, On Front Pastedown Of Volume Ii, Which Has An Ownership Signature Of E---- M--- Cl--- Or Cel--- On The Title Page. James Raymond Wellsted (1805-1842) Was A Lieutenant In The Indian Navy Who Travelled Extensively On The Arabian Peninsula In The 1830'S. As Second Lieutenant On The East India Company's Survey Brig Palinurus Under Captain Robert Moresby, Wellsted Took Part In The Detailed Survey Of The Gulf Of 'Aqabah And The Northern Part Of The Red Sea In 1830. He Then Returned To Bombay In 1833 And Was Reassigned Under The Command Of Captain Stafford B. Haines To Survey The Southern Coast Of Arabia. In January 1834 Palinurus Crossed Over To Socotra And Wellsted Spent Two Months On The Island. He Published The Results Of His Journey As Memoir On The Island Of Socotra. During His Travels To The Red Sea And The Siyal Islands, Wellsted Documented The Existence Of Peoples Known As The Huteimi. They Are Unflatteringly Described By Wellsted To Be "Found On The Arabian And Nubian Coasts," According To Various Accounts, They Are Further Described As A Race Of Fishermen, Found In Various Parts Of The Hejaz, With "Large Encampments Near Leyt To The Southward Of Jiddah." In November 1835 Wellsted Gained Permission From The Imam To Travel In Oman With Lieutenant F Whitelock. The Two Reached Areas Previously Unseen By Europeans And Wellsted Published His Early Account Of The Journey In The Journal Of The Royal Geographical Society. The Following Winter He Returned But Succumbed To Fever And 'In A Fit Of Delirium He Discharged Both Barrels Of His Gun Into His Mouth, But The Balls Passing Upwards Only Inflicted Two Ghastly Wounds In The Upper Jaw'. He Was Taken To Bombay And From There Returned To London On Leave. He Retired From The Service In 1839, Living Part Of The Time On His Navy Pension In Blacklands House, A Mental Health Facility Of Gentlemen. Wellsted's Papers Were Read At The Royal Geographical Society And He Was Immediately Recognized By The Scientific World. He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society On 6 April 1837 And Was Also A Fellow Of The Astronomical Society. In Particular His Unbiased Accounts Of Geography And Culture In Oman, Continue As A Unique Description Of The Area At That Early Date. (As Taken From Wikipedia).