Frederic Louis Norden

Frederik Ludvig Norden
Frederic Louis Norden, from Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie, 1755
Born(1708-10-22)22 October 1708
Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Died22 September 1742(1742-09-22) (aged 33)
Paris, France

Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain, cartographer, and archaeological explorer. He is the author in French of one of the very first travelogues about Egypt, Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie., written half a century before Napoleon's expedition (1798 - 1801).

He is also known as Frederick, Frederik, Friderick, Ludwig, Ludvig and Lewis, names used on the publications of his famous

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