Niebuhr, Karsten
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
NIEBUHR, KARSTEN kar st n ne boor, 1733 1815, German traveler in Arabia. He was sole survivor of a party of five (of whom the best known was Peter Forskal, a Swedish naturalist) sent by Frederick V of Denmark to explore Arabia (1761 63). From Mocha, Niebuhr sailed for India, returning to Europe by way of the Persian Gulf and the Tigris River, through Palestine, Syria, and Constantinople...