BURCKHARDT, JOHANN LUDWIG

yōhänˈ lootˈvĭkh boorkˈhärt, 1784–1817, European explorer, b. Switzerland, educated in Germany. Supported by an English association for promoting African discovery, he visited Egypt and Syria (1809–13), rediscovered Petra (1812), then, posing as a learned Muslim, he became the first Christian to reach Medina. He died while preparing to set out from Upper Egypt for his original goal, the Niger River. Included in his Travels in Arabia (1829) is a notable account of Mecca. His journals, published by the African Association, include Travels in Nubia (1819), Travels in Syria and the Holy Land (1822), Notes on the Bedouin and Wahábys (1830), and Arabic Proverbs (1830).

See biography by K. Sim (1969).

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books on: Burckhardt Johann Ludwig  - 78 results

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Five Hundred Self-Portraits from Antique Times to the Present Day, in Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and Engraving
Book by Ludwig Goldscheider, J. Byam Shaw; Vienna, Phaidon press, 1937
Subjects: Artists--Portraits
...collection of Jan Meyssens of 1648/49. Ludwig v. Buerkel : Die Selbstbildnisse von...uber Land und Meer," 1905 Jacob Burckhardt : Das Portrat. Beitrage zur Kunstgeschichte...Ried: Das Selbstbildnis . Berlin 1931 Johann Neudorffer: Nachrichten von Nurnberger...
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Clarel, a Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Book by Herman Melville; Hendricks House, 1960
Subjects: Palestine--Description And Travel--Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Of Places--Palestine
...seeker than the sorrow of the friend." II. I.xl.49. Jobs text: Job xix.25. III. I.xl.81. Burckhardt: Johann Ludwig Burckhardt 1784-1817 , famous Swiss explorer and travel writer, had adopted the disguise of a Turkish native...
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Customary Strangers: New Perspectives on Peripatetic Peoples in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Book by Joseph C. Berland, Aparna Rao; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Human Territoriality, Nomads
...mentioned by both Niebuhr (1968:227) in 1762 and Burckhardt (1992:473) in 1816 as a way station on the road...Essays in Postmodern Morality . Oxford: Blackwell. Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig. 1992. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land . London...
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Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook
Book by John Walter Jandora; Greenwood, 1997
Subjects: Arab Countries--History, Military
...Calif.: Institute of International Studies, 1973. Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig. Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys . Reading, England...University of California Press, 1990. Hess, Johann Jakob. Von den Beduinen des Innern Arabiens . Zurich...
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A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire
Book by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu; Princeton University Press, 2010
Subjects: Turkey--History--19th Century, Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
...Guney Siyaseti: Habes Eyaleti (Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakultesi Yayinlari, 1974), pp. 37ff. 14 John Lewis Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig Burckhardts Reisen in Nubien (Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1820), pp. 608 13.
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journal articles on: Burckhardt Johann Ludwig  - 11 results

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The Portrayal of the East vs. the West in Lady Mary Montagu's Letters and Emily Ruete's Memoirs
Journal article by Ahmed K. Al- Rawi; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 30, 2008
Subjects: Book publishing--Public opinion, Book publishing--Social aspects, Muslims--Public opinion, Muslims--Social aspects, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), Slavery--Public opinion, Slavery--Social aspects
...observed when the traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) visited...Baird, 1867). (22.) Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Arabia Comprehending...Stanley Lane-Poole, "Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (1784-1817)," rev...
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Freud's Moses of Michelangelo: Vasari, Photography, and Art Historical Practice
Journal article by Mary Bergstein; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Art criticism, Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939), Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (1475-1564), Nonfiction, Psychoanalysis, Religion, Sculpture
...Scholars including Jacob Burckhardt, Heinrich Wolfflin, and...the aesthetic treatises of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and...read by Freud such as Jacob Burckhardt, Ludwig Pastor, Hermann Grimm...
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An Appeal for a Historiographical Renaissance: Lost Lives and the Thirty Years War
Journal article by David A. Meier; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: France--Political aspects, Germany--Political aspects, Thirty Years War, 1618-1648--Political aspects
...Golo Mann, Jakob Burckhardt, Leopold von Ranke...von Villermont, Ludwig Grafen von Uetterodt zu Schaffenberg, Johann Georg Strebel, Ft...Maximilian I and Ludwig Grafen von Uetterodt...Information (Franckfurt: Johann Gottfried Schonwetter...Fleischmann, 1868) and Ludwig Grafen von Uetterodt...
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Hegel's Contested Legacy: Rethinking the Relation between Art History and Philosophy
Journal article by Jason Gaiger; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 93, 2011
Subjects: Art history, Philosophers, Philosophy, Public speaking, Spirituality, Theory
...established values. Ludwig Feuerbach declared...including Jakob Burckhardt, Erwin Panofsky...been introduced by Johann Gottfried Herder...die prejudices of Johann Joachim Winckelmann...wondering how - with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...Thonaldsen still alive and Ludwig van Beethoven only...
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Utopian Machines: Leibniz's "Computer" and Hesse's Glass Bead Game
Journal article by Stanley Antosik; Germanic Review, Vol. 67, 1992
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...to Joseph Englert, 29 Sep. 1933 ; to Johann G. mid-Feb. 1934 , GS 7 . In " An...Robert Faesi, Jan. 1943 , GS 7 ; to Ludwig Renner, Feb. 1944, Gesammelte Briefe 3 . Hesse, despite his admiration for Burckhardt, held a notion of history at odds with...
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Petra: Lost City of Stone
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 112, October 2003
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History, Ancient civilizations, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cities, Cultural relations, History, Museum exhibits, Partnerships, Petra Jordan, United States
...was then "lost" to Westerners until a series of European explorers rediscovered it. In 1812, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt reawakened European knowledge of the sites existence after more than 1,000 years. The theme of European rediscovery...
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Atlas of Exploration
Magazine article by Andy Smith; Geographical, Vol. 79, March 2007
Subjects: Atlas of Exploration (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Arabic in order to infiltrate the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, usually closed to Westerners. So too did Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who successfully posed as a doctor of Islamic law while on a mission for the Royal Geographical Society several...
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Middle East's Oasis of Peace
Magazine article by Ian Jackson; Geographical, Vol. 73, January 2001
Subjects: Jordan--Description and travel, Travel industry--Jordan
...existence a closely guarded secret known only to the local Bedouin and Arab traders. That year, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt heard locals talking about a lost city in the mountains. Disguising himself as a pilgrim seeking to make a sacrifice...
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Jordan: Situated on the Eastern Limits of the Levant, Jordan Is a Fledgling Country in an Ancient Land. Its Modern Borders Encompass Biblical Kingdoms, Roman Provinces and Great Hill Cities Dating Back to Civilisation's Early Days-All Set in Some of the Most Spectacular Scenery in the Middle East. Jo Bourne Profiles This Archaeological Wonderland
Magazine article by Jo Bourne; Geographical, Vol. 75, October 2003
Subjects: Amman, Jordan (City)--Buildings, facilities, etc., Amman, Jordan (City)--Description and travel, Dead Sea--Description and travel, Historic sites--Appreciation, Jordan--Description and travel, Jordan--History, Jordan--Political aspects, Jordan--Statistics, Petra (Ancient city)--Buildings, facilities, etc., Petra (Ancient city)--Description and travel, Travel research
...Having been the exclusive preserve of Bedouin tribes lot 800 years, it was rediscovered in 1812 by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Here, Petras Nabataean founders made their fortune from the trade of incense, balsam and bitumen and by taxing...
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Petra: The Ancient Rose-Red City in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Magazine article by Dana Vannoy; PSA Journal, Vol. 74, October 2008
Subjects: Petra (Ancient city)--Description and travel, Photography--Methods
...place inhabited only by the local Bedouins. Petra was truly a lost city for over 500 years. The Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt suspected its presence in the area. On August 2, 1812, he persuaded a guide to lead him there pretending to...


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newspaper articles on: Burckhardt Johann Ludwig  - 7 results

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Holidays: Wonder of the Lost City; There's Seven Weeks to Go until a New Definitive List of the Seven Wonders of the World Is Unveiled. FIONNUALA BOURKE Seeks out One of the Hot Favourites - Indiana Jones' Lost City of Petra
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), May 20, 2007
...chain was apt because it was a Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who found the lost city in 1812. It had disappeared...might have remained lost to western eyes forever had Burckhardt not stumbled upon the remains. Since his wonderful...
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JORDAN'S BIBLICAL SITES; Tourists Return to Bethany, Mount Nebo
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 27, 2005
...moment I experience surely stunned Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt when he stumbled upon Petra in 1812. No differently from Burckhardt, Im astounded to discover hundreds of these Nabataean...
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Taking the Plunge in Arabian Waters; Rosamund Hutt Revels in the Temptations of the Sinai Peninsula
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 12, 2011
...by. Hidden amid the rugged Shara mountains for centuries, Petra was rediscovered in 1812 by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1985. But, after a wonderful day exploring, I was determined...
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The Wonders of Egypt
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), September 18, 2011
...by. Hidden amid the rugged Shara mountains for centuries, Petra was rediscovered in 1812 by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Its easy to understand why local tribes kept the city a secret...
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Adventture and Lluxury in Egyptt
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 23, 2011
...by. Hidden amid the rugged Shara mountains for centuries, Petra was rediscovered in 1812 by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1985. Its easy to understand why local tribes kept the city a secret...
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Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BURCKHARDT, JOHANN LUDWIG yohan loot vikh boork hart, 1784 1817, European explorer, b. Switzerland, educated in Germany. Supported by an English association...


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