James Bruce

Connected Sites: 6

Definition
James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730–1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia. (Wikipedia)

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Connected Sites

  • Baalbek
    Baalbek
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
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    102
    5
    Bruce travelled through Syria, visiting Palmyra and Baalbek. (wiki)
  • El Escurial
    El Escurial
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.35
    255
    13
    Bruce studied oriental manuscripts at the Escorial in Spain. (wiki)
  • Palmyra
    Palmyra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.98
    66
    3
    Bruce travelled through Syria, visiting Palmyra and Baalbek. (wiki)
  • Timgad
    Timgad
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.37
    39
    4
    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 described what he had found in Timgad. (wiki Timgad)
  • Historic Jeddah
    Historic Jeddah
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.54
    74
    4
    After an extensive navigation of the Red Sea in a local vessel, Bruce reached Jidda in May 1769. (wiki)
  • Ancient Thebes
    Ancient Thebes
    Egypt
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.38
    257
    11
    Bruce visited Thebes, where he entered the tomb of Ramesses III. (wiki)