Carsten Niebuhr
1733 to 1815
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Carsten Niebuhr across 6 places, from 1767 to 1815. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr (17 March 1733 Lüdingworth – 26 April 1815 Meldorf, Dithmarschen), was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark-Norway.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Carsten Niebuhr was documented, and when
February 1767month
Cyprusattested
“After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through Palestine, crossed the Taurus Mountains to Bursa, reached Constantinople in February 1767 and finally arrived in Copenhagen in the following November.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
February 1767month
Palestine (region)attested
“After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through Palestine, crossed the Taurus Mountains to Bursa, reached Constantinople in February 1767 and finally arrived in Copenhagen in the following November.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
February 1767month
Bursaattested
“After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through Palestine, crossed the Taurus Mountains to Bursa, reached Constantinople in February 1767 and finally arrived in Copenhagen in the following November.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
February 1767month
Constantinopleattested
“After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through Palestine, crossed the Taurus Mountains to Bursa, reached Constantinople in February 1767 and finally arrived in Copenhagen in the following November.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
February 1767month
Copenhagenattested
“After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through Palestine, crossed the Taurus Mountains to Bursa, reached Constantinople in February 1767 and finally arrived in Copenhagen in the following November.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1815year
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Places Carsten Niebuhr is documented in
Constantinople1 presence · 1767Copenhagen1 presence · 1767Palestine (region)1 presence · 1767
Bursa1 presence · 1767
Cyprus1 presence · 1767
Meldorf1 presence · 1815
Other places tied to Carsten Niebuhr in the record
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1719 to 1775period
Sanaamentioned
“In Sanaa the remaining members of the expedition had an audience with the Imam of Yemen al-Mahdi Abbas (1719–1775), but suffered from the climate and returned to Mocha.”
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1719 to 1775period
Mocha, Yemenmentioned
“In Sanaa the remaining members of the expedition had an audience with the Imam of Yemen al-Mahdi Abbas (1719–1775), but suffered from the climate and returned to Mocha.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1732 to 1763period
Mumbaimentioned
“Kramer (1732–1763) also died, soon after landing in Bombay.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
January 1761month
Istanbulmentioned
“The expedition sailed in January 1761 via Marseilles and Malta to Istanbul and Alexandria.”
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January 1761month
Marseillesmentioned
“The expedition sailed in January 1761 via Marseilles and Malta to Istanbul and Alexandria.”
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25 May 1763exact date
Mokhamentioned
“In Mokha, on 25 May 1763, the expedition's philologist, Frederik Christian von Haven, died, and on 11 July 1763, on the way to Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, its naturalist Peter Forsskål also died.”
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25 May 1763exact date
Sanaamentioned
“In Mokha, on 25 May 1763, the expedition's philologist, Frederik Christian von Haven, died, and on 11 July 1763, on the way to Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, its naturalist Peter Forsskål also died.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1764year
Behistun Inscriptionmentioned
“He seems also to have visited the Behistun Inscription in around 1764.”
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1772year
Copenhagenmentioned
“Niebuhr's first book, Beschreibung von Arabien, was published in Copenhagen in 1772, the Danish government providing subsidies for the engraving and printing of its numerous illustrations.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1773year
Copenhagenmentioned
“In 1773, Niebuhr married Christiane Sophia Blumenberg, the daughter of the crown physician, and for some years he held a post in the Danish military service, which enabled him to remain in Copenhagen.”
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1778year
Meldorfmentioned
“In 1778 he accepted a position in the civil service of Danish Holstein, and went to reside at Meldorf (Ditmarschen).”
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1778year
Persepolismentioned
“These works (particularly the one published in 1778), and most specifically the accurate copies of the cuneiform inscriptions found at Persepolis, were to prove to be extremely important to the decipherment of cuneiform writing.”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1792year
Edinburghmentioned
“French and Dutch translations of Niebuhr's narratives were published during his lifetime, and a condensed English translation of his own three volumes, prepared by Robert Heron, was published in Edinburgh in 1792, under the title "Travel…”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
1792year
Arabiamentioned
“French and Dutch translations of Niebuhr's narratives were published during his lifetime, and a condensed English translation of his own three volumes, prepared by Robert Heron, was published in Edinburgh in 1792, under the title "Travel…”
source: Wikipedia: Carsten Niebuhr
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