by Ali Bey · ADULTOS ANTIGUO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440676733
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«Viajes por Marruecos» is the travel account by Alí Bey, published by Adultos Antiguo in paperback (506 pages, in Spanish).
It recounts the journey of Domingo Badía, Alí Bey, through North Africa at the beginning of the 19th century. This explorer, an agent of the Spanish crown, posed as a Muslim prince and was the first European to visit and describe Mecca. His singular adventure, told with meticulousness and humor, achieved great success in 1814.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Grandes Viajeros collection, number 4, edited by Salvador Barberá Fraguas.
For readers of travel literature and exploration history interested in 19th-century North Africa.
Domingo Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich, better known by his pseudonym Ali Bey el Abbassi, was a Spanish explorer, soldier, and spy in the early 19th century. He supported the French occupation of Spain and worked for the Bonapartist administration, but he is principally known for his travels in North Africa and the Middle East. He witnessed the Saudi conquest of Mecca in 1807.
