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Title page Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile by James Bruce, 1790. His Travels was issued in 1790, after he retired to his home at Kinnaird, at the urging of his friend Daines Barrington. It was published in five octavo volumes, lavishly illustrated, but was ridiculed by scholars and other travellers as being exaggerated nonsense.
Connected Sites. Travelling Northern Africa, British explorer James Bruce reached the city ruins on 12 December 1765, likely being the first European to visit the site in centuries and described the city as "a small town, but full of elegant buildings." In 1790, he published the book Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, where he ...
James Bruce. Mr James Adentwi Bruce is an accomplished Banking Executive with over 19 years' experience in Domestic and International Financial Services. He has built strong competences in the financial sector, stemming from the strategic roles played at Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) Ghana. He served as Director for Local Corporate and ...
James Bruce was, at six feet four inches tall, an impressive figure. He was an explorer, archaeologist and a brilliant linguist. In 1762 he spent six months in Italy where Batoni painted this glowing portrait. Bruce's travels subsequently took him to North Africa, Crete, Syria, Egypt and Abyssinia. He is best known for his exploration of the ...
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By ARTHUR A. MOOREFIELD. IN THE FIRST VOLUME of his General History of Music,1. Burney published a letter from James Bruce, the African describing some musical instruments found in Ethiopia. Included letter is an account of a harp painted upon the wall of one of tombs at Thebes in Egypt, together with a drawing of the Ethiopian lyre discussed ...
