John Burckhardt - Travels in Nubia.

<p>Prima edizione della prima opera pubblicata dell'esploratore John Burckhardt, il quale viaggi&ograve; spesso in Egitto e Nubia tra il 1812 e il 1817. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Blackmer</span>, 438, parlando della seconda edizione: &laquo;[Burckhardt] left Aleppo in 1812 and made his way to Cairo; he then carried out two journeys: one along the upper Nile and the other through the Nubian desert. These travels were edited from Burckhardt's journals by Leake; he also wrote the biographical memoir which is prefaced to the travels&raquo;.</p>