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Travels in Nubia

Name: Travels in Nubia
Author: John Lewis Burckhardt

by John Lewis Burckhardt, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United Kingdom: John Murray, 1819.

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Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2023-07-06

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Nubia -- Description and travel Nile River Valley -- Description and travel Burckhardt, John Lewis, 1784-1817

About the authors

John Lewis Burckhardt

1784–1817

An adventurous Swiss traveler and orientalist, he is best known for bringing Petra to wider European attention after reaching it in 1812 while traveling in the Middle East in disguise. His short life was packed with difficult journeys, close observation, and books that helped shape European knowledge of the region.

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Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

Created in London in 1788, this influential British society helped spark European exploration of West Africa by backing expeditions in search of the Niger River and Timbuktu. Its published proceedings capture a moment when geography, science, commerce, and imperial ambition were tightly intertwined.

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