Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 4 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe A peninsula forming the south-western extremity of Asia, lying between lat. 12 Degrees and 35 Degrees N., long.' 36 Degrees and 61 Degrees E.; bounded on the N. By Syria and the Euphrates; on the E. By the Persian Gulf; on the S. By the Arabian Sea, or Indian Ocean; on the W. By the Red Sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.