Frederic Louis North

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Friedrich Ludwig Norden (copper engraving by Conrad Westermayr , 1804)

Frederic Louis Norden (German form of name Friedrich Ludwig Norden ) (born October 22, 1708 in Glückstadt , Holstein ; † September 22, 1742 in Paris ) was a Danish naval officer and explorer.

Life

After staying in Florence and Rome from 1734 to 1737, he toured Egypt from 1737 to 1738 on behalf of the Danish King.

Fonts

  • Mémoire sur les ruines de Thèbes en Egypt. London 1741.
  • Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Copenhagen 1752; 1755.

literature

  • Norden, the famous travelogue. In: Allgemeine geographische Ephemeriden 14, Weimar 1804, pp. 507–509 full text
  • Gerhard Rühlmann: Friedrich Ludwig north. A trailblazer in Egyptian archeology. In: Scientific journal of the University of Halle 22, 1973, pp. 89–101. 167-174
  • Fritz Treichel: Friedrich Ludwig North. In: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon , Volume 3, 1974, pp. 203-206.
  • Marie-Louise Buhl, Erik Dal, Torben Holck Colding: The Danish naval officer Frederik Ludvig Norden. His travel in Egypt 1737–38 and his Voyage… I – II , Copenhagen 1755. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen 1986
  • Marie-Louise Buhl: Les dessins archéologiques et topographiques de l'Égypte ancienne faits par FL Norden 1737-1738 et conservés à l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1993, ISBN 87-7304-239-0 .
  • Paul John Frandsen: Let Greece and Rome be silent. Frederik Ludvig Norden's travels in Egypt and Nubia, 1737–1738 , København: Museum Tusculanum Press 2020, ISBN 978-87-635-4638-6 .

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