NIEBUHR, KARSTEN

NIEBUHR, KARSTEN
   a celebrated traveller, born in Hanover; joined a Danish expedition in exploration of Arabia, and alone of the members of it returned home, which he did by way of Persia, Palestine, and Cyprus, and wrote an account of the results of his researches (1733-1815).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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