"Accounts from the Journeys of the Brig 'Palinurus' Along the Dhofar Coast in the mid-1800s."
Although there is a fair amount of written descriptions about the northern part of Oman, there were few travelers who wrote about the southern region of Dhofar until the 1970s. The first sustained exploration by Westeners was done by two teams on the Brig “Palinurus.” Captain Haines and his crew fro...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1215063 2023-05-15T14:17:47+02:00 "Accounts from the Journeys of the Brig 'Palinurus' Along the Dhofar Coast in the mid-1800s." Risse, Marielle 2018-09-14 https://zenodo.org/record/1215063 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1215063 eng eng doi:10.5281/zenodo.1215062 https://zenodo.org/record/1215063 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1215063 oai:zenodo.org:1215063 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Dhofar Oman Gibali Jibbali Anthropology info:eu-repo/semantics/lecture presentation 2018 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.121506310.5281/zenodo.1215062 2023-03-10T14:19:36Z Although there is a fair amount of written descriptions about the northern part of Oman, there were few travelers who wrote about the southern region of Dhofar until the 1970s. The first sustained exploration by Westeners was done by two teams on the Brig “Palinurus.” Captain Haines and his crew from the Indian Navy surveyed and explored the Dhofar coast in 1834, 1835 and 1836. Commander J. P. Saunders, with the same ship and some of the same crew, continued this surveying work in 1844-1846. Both Haines and Saunders published accounts of their voyages, The primary focus of these journeys was to figure out how the lands investigated might be of use to the British government and merchant class, as when Haines tried to buy the island of Socotra from Sultan Omar to use as a depot for steam-boat traffic between India and England. But there is a fascinating wealth of cultural and historical information from the articles written by members of the “Palinurus.” For example, the brig’s assistant-surgeon, Henry Carter, wrote up a brief archeological survey of “The Ruins of El Balad” (1846), in which he includes a succession of rulers/ governors of the Dhofari coast. Cruttenden’s short article (1838) details his journey from “Morebat” [Mirbat] to Dyreez [Dhariz],” approximately 71 kilometers along the coast. My paper will discuss the articles published in relation to the “Palinurus” voyages along the Dhofar coast to compare the details of what was recorded in the mid 1800s to the present day. I will also briefly mention later travelers who came to the region by boat including Theodore & Mabel Bent and Bertram Thomas. Conference Object Archeological Survey Zenodo Indian Mabel ENVELOPE(-44.683,-44.683,-60.667,-60.667) Saunders ENVELOPE(-45.316,-45.316,-60.700,-60.700) Sultan ENVELOPE(-55.317,-55.317,-61.150,-61.150) Theodore ENVELOPE(-62.450,-62.450,-64.933,-64.933) |
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Although there is a fair amount of written descriptions about the northern part of Oman, there were few travelers who wrote about the southern region of Dhofar until the 1970s. The first sustained exploration by Westeners was done by two teams on the Brig “Palinurus.” Captain Haines and his crew from the Indian Navy surveyed and explored the Dhofar coast in 1834, 1835 and 1836. Commander J. P. Saunders, with the same ship and some of the same crew, continued this surveying work in 1844-1846. Both Haines and Saunders published accounts of their voyages, The primary focus of these journeys was to figure out how the lands investigated might be of use to the British government and merchant class, as when Haines tried to buy the island of Socotra from Sultan Omar to use as a depot for steam-boat traffic between India and England. But there is a fascinating wealth of cultural and historical information from the articles written by members of the “Palinurus.” For example, the brig’s assistant-surgeon, Henry Carter, wrote up a brief archeological survey of “The Ruins of El Balad” (1846), in which he includes a succession of rulers/ governors of the Dhofari coast. Cruttenden’s short article (1838) details his journey from “Morebat” [Mirbat] to Dyreez [Dhariz],” approximately 71 kilometers along the coast. My paper will discuss the articles published in relation to the “Palinurus” voyages along the Dhofar coast to compare the details of what was recorded in the mid 1800s to the present day. I will also briefly mention later travelers who came to the region by boat including Theodore & Mabel Bent and Bertram Thomas. |
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