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HORNEMANN, FREDERICK (fl. 1796–1800)

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HORNEMANN, FREDERICK (fl. 1796–1800)

HORNEMANN, See also:
FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK (fl. 1796–1800) , See also:

German traveller in See also:

Africa, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

HILDESHEIM

Hildesheim. He was a See also:

young See also:

man when, See also:

early in 1796, he offered his services to the See also:

AFRICAN

African Association of See also:

LONDON

London as an explorer in Africa. By the association he was sent to See also:

GOTTINGEN

Gottingen University to study Arabic and otherwise prepare for an expedition into the unknown regions of See also:

North Africa from the See also:

east. In See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1797 he arrived in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, where he continued his studies. On the invasion of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country by the See also:

French he was confined in the citadel of See also:

Cairo, to preserve him from the fanaticism of the populace. Liberated by the French, he received the patronage of See also:

BONAPARTE

Bonaparte. On the 5th of September 1798 he joined a See also:

CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan returning to the Maghrib from See also:

MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca, attaching himself to a party of See also:

FEZZAN (the ancient Phazania, or country of the Garamantes)

Fezzan merchants who accompanied the pilgrims. As an avowed See also:

Christian would not have been permitted to join the caravan Hornemann assumed the See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of a young See also:

MAMELUKE (anglicized through the French, from the Arabic mantluk, a slave)

mameluke trading to Fezzan. He then spoke, but indifferently, both Arabic and See also:

TURKISH

Turkish, and he was accompanied as servant and interpreter by See also:

Joseph Freudenburg, a German convert to See also:

ISLAM

Islam, who had thrice made the See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to Mecca. Travelling by way of the oases of See also:

SIWA

Siwa and Aujila, a " See also:

black rocky See also:

DESERT

desert " was traversed to Temissa in Fezzan. Murzuk was reached on the 17th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1798.

Here Hornemann lived till See also:

JUNE

June 1799, going thence to the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Tripoli, whence in See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the same See also:

YEAR

year he despatched his See also:

JOURNALS

journals to London. He then returned to Murzuk. Nothing further is known with certainty concerning him or his See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion. In Murzuk Hornemann had collected a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEAL

deal of trustworthy See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning the peoples and countries of the western See also:

SAHARA

Sahara and central See also:

SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, and when he See also:

LEFT

left Tripoli it was his intention to go See also:

DIRECT

direct to the See also:

HAUSA

Hausa country, which region he was the first See also:

EUROPEAN

European definitely to locate. " If I do not perish in my undertaking," he wrote in his See also:

journal, " I See also:

hope in five years I shall be able to make the Society better acquainted with the See also:

PEOPLE

people of whom I have given this See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short description." The See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

consul at Tripoli heard from a source believed to be trustworthy that about June 1803 Jusef (Hornemann's See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan name) was at See also:

CANA

Cana, i.e. See also:

KATSENA

Katsena, in See also:

NORTHERN

Northern See also:

NIGERIA

Nigeria, " in See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HEALTH

health and highly respected as a See also:

MARABOUT (the French form of the Arab. murdbit, " one who pickets his horse on a hostile frontier "; cf. Portug.marabute; Span. morabito)

marabout." A See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report reached Murzuk in 1819 that the traveller had gone to " Noofy (See also:

NUPE

Nupe), and had died there. Hornemann was the first European in See also:

MODERN

modern times to See also:

TRAVERSE

traverse the north-eastern Sahara, and up to 1910 no other explorer had followed his route across the See also:

JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel-es-Suda from Aujila to Temissa. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of Hornemann's journal, which was written in German, was printed at See also:

WEIMAR

Weimar in 1801; an See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

TRANSLATION

translation, Travels from Cairo to Mourzouk, &c., with maps and See also:

DISSERTATIONS

dissertations by See also:

Major See also:

James See also:

RENNELL, JAMES (1742-1830)

Rennell, appeared in London in 1802. A French translation of the English See also:

WORK

work, made by See also:

order of the First Consul, and augmented with notes and a memoir on the See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian oases by L. Langles, was published in See also:

Paris in the following year. The French version is the most valuable of the three. Consult also the Proceedings of the African Association (181o), and the Geog.

Jnl. Nov. 1906.

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