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Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across The Pampas And Among The Andes by Francis Bond Head. This travelogue collects Captain Head's firsthand notes from extended expeditions across the Pampas and over the Andes, with particular emphasis on mining ventures in the Rio de la Plata...

Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. According to tradition, the monastery sits at the base of the mountain where Moses received the Tablets of the Law. Set in rugged country, it was for a very long time only accessible through a long camel-back journey across the barren desert.