Burckhardt, John Lewis, 1784-1817; Nile River Valley -- Description and travel; Nubia -- Description and travel
_Journey along the Banks of the Nile, from Assouan to Mahass,
on the Frontiers of Dongola._ 1
_Description of a Journey from Upper Egypt through the Deserts
of Nubia to Berber and Suakin, and from thence
to Djidda in Arabia._ 163
APPENDIX.
No. I. _Itinerary from the Frontiers of Bornou,
by Bahr el Ghazal, and Darfour, to Shendy._ 477
No. II. _Some Notices on the Countries of Soudan,
west of Darfour; with Vocabularies of the Borgho
and Bornou Languages; collected at Cairo from
Negroe Pilgrims._ 484
No. III. _Translation of the Notices on Nubia
contained in Makrizi’s History and Description of
Egypt, called El Khetat, &c.; with Notes._ 493
ERRATA.
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xxix, 25, _for_ Manali Arabs, _read_ Mawáli Arabs.
xlv, 24, 5, _for_ divided from the north of Djebal,
_read_ divided to the north from Djebal.
lxxxi, 12, _for_ the, _read_ this.
166, 167. ult. 1, _for_ twenty-eight dollars,
_read_ twenty-five dollars.
272, note, _for_ Μεκάβεροι, _read_ Μεγαβάροι
299, note, _for_ parts of Asia Minor,
_read_ ports of Asia Minor.
362, 7, _for_ March 18th, _read_ May 18th.
487, 4, _for_ Moslems, _read_ Moslims.
ib. 34, _for_ map, _read_ maps.
488, 8, _for_ tamirisk, _read_ tamarisk.
ib. 20, _for_ nothern _read_ northern.
* * * * *
MEMOIR
ON
THE LIFE AND TRAVELS
OF
JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT.
* * * * *
[Illustration: BURCKHARDT’S TRAVELS.
_To face the_ Memoir &ca _page_ I.
_Published as the Act directs, 1st Decr, 1819,
by John Murray Albemarle Street London._
_J. Walker Sculpt._]
MEMOIR, &c.
* * * * *
John Lewis Burckhardt was of an eminent family of Basle, but born
at Lausanne. He was the eighth child of John Rodolph Burckhardt,
commonly called Burckhardt of Kirshgarten from the name of his
mansion in the city of Basle.
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