History 1265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Popular Publications, Daniel Kehlmann, Ludwig Leichhardt
28 Sep 2016
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The 18th and early 19th centuries were in fact not immobile. Revolution ideals had to do with traveling men apprenticeships, young aristocrats make grand. Men driven by curiosity or by science, boredom new type of traveler. India, to the americas, to the great south lands (australia), to africa, to polar regions. Old testament: travel to the orient was fueled by biblical scholarship, german orientalism. Curiosity of the historical background of the old testament: first truly modern scientific expedition. Sweden naturalist, german illustrator, danish surgeon, and niebuhr (cartographer/surveyor) Only niebuhr survives: niebuhr was celebrated across europe for his publications, purely scientific expedition. Frederick v as many discoveries for learning as possible . Naturalist recorded 1400 plants and animals under the latin names and the local arabian names. Niebuhr brought back all these writings/research (included astronomical data as well: niebuhr was remarkably lacking in the view that the people he was observing were.
