French explorer (1661-1745)
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Jean de la Roque
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Voyage de Syrie et du Mont-Liban: contenant la description de tout le pays / [Jean de La Roque].
La Roque, Jean de, 1661-1745.Date: 1722- Books
The travels of the Chevalier d'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart / written by himself and published by Mr. de la Roque ... To which is added, a general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best manuscripts; with notes. Done into English by an eminent hand.
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: 1732- Books
A voyage to Arabia the Happy, by the way of the Eastern Ocean, and the streights of the Red-Sea: perform'd by the French for the first time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. Together with a particular relation of a journey from the port of Moka to the court of the king of Yemen, in the second expedition, A.D. 1711, 1712, 1713. Also an account of the coffee-tree, and its fruit. Likewise an historical treatise of the first use of coffee, and the progress it afterwards made both in Asia and Europe; how it was introduced into France, and whence it came to be so generally received at Paris. [Dedication signed by La Roque.] / [Jean de La Roque].
La Roque, Jean de, 1661-1745.Date: 1726- Pictures
Coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Line engraving by H. Burgh, c. 1726.
Date: [1726]Reference: 21003i
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Voyage dans la Palestine, vers le grand emir, chef des princes arabes du desert connus sous le nom de Bedouïns / Fait par ordre du roi Louis XIV. Avec la description generale de l'Arabie, faite par le sultan Ismael Abulfeda, traduite en françois ... avec des notes. Par M. de La Roque. [Anon].
Arvieux, Laurent d', 1635-1702.Date: 1718