Burckhardt war der erste gebildete Mensch der Neuzeit, der die heute berühmten Tempel von Abu Sim...

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelle...

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land is a masterpiece in descriptive and scholarly travelogue. It d...

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) Swiss by birth, travelled to London in 1806 with an introduc...