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The return
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
Because in the eighteenth century, longitude was still impossible to measure, navigation was…
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Final Years
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
During the next years, De Bruijn lived on several places in Holland. In…
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Italy
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
At that moment, Cornelis de Bruijn was no longer in The Hague. On 1…
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The Aegean Sea
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
When De Bruijn arrived in the important port of trade Smyrna, in…
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Egypt
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
Not many Dutchmen had visited the eastern part of the Mediterranean; few of those…
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The Holy Land
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
De Bruijn wanted to go to Jerusalem, which was, under normal circumstances,…
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Syria, Turkey, Italy
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
In Tripoli, the house of the Dutch consul was De Bruijn's residence…
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Home again
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
When Cornelis de Bruin returned home, he was about forty years old. Almost…
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Russia
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
He returned in 1708 and published an account of his adventures in Reizen over…
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Persia
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
Persia was no longer what it once had been when Cornelis de Bruijn arrived…
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Editions
Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia (1698)
Corneille le Brun, Voyage au Levant (1700)
Corneille le Brun, A Voyage to the Levant: or Travels in the Principal Parts of Asia Minor (1702)
Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie…
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Lebanon Cedar (κéδρος; Cedrus libani): tree, well-known for its fragrance, and the strength and usefulness of its wood.
A cedar in…
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