Frederic Louis Norden
Frederik Ludvig Norden | |
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Frederic Louis Norden, from Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie, 1755 | |
| Born | 22 October 1708 |
| Died | 22 September 1742 (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