Travels in Nubia. Published by the Association for Promoting the discovery of the interior parts of Africa.

Burckhardt, John Lewis.

Published by John Murray, London, 1822

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xcviii, 498 pp., frontispiece portrait, 3 maps of which 2 are folding, contemporary half-calf with marbled boards, title gilt on raised decorated spine, appendix, previous owner?s book plate verso front cover, edges slightly rubbed, spotting at the last few pages. The travels described here took place in 1813 and 1814. Burckhardt (1784-1817), a Swiss traveler and adventurer who adopted native dress and went by the name of "Sheikh Ibrahim," made two journeys along the Upper Nile and through Nubia during the period 1812-17. He Aleppo in 1812 and made his way to Cairo; then he carried out his Egyptian journeys; These travels were edited from Burckhardt?s journals by Leake; he also wrote the biographical memoir which is prefaced to the travels. This was the first of Burckhardt?s works to be published and was followed by Travels In Syria ( 1822). All of these journeys were made on behalf of the Africa Association whose president, Sir Joseph Banks, had required Burckhardt, for the long and difficult project of exploring Africa. The journeys described in these works were preparatory to the major effort of exploring the interior of Africa. In 1817 Burckhardt began the exploration of the countries of the Niger, but he was attacked by dysentery and died in October of that year. [ Weber, 106; Blackmer 238 for second edition; Hilmy I, 105]. #34236.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Travels in Nubia. Published by the Association for Promoting the discovery of the interior parts of Africa.
• Publisher: John Murray, London
• Publication Date: 1822
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 2.5 kilograms