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 RICHARD POCOCKE (1704-1765)
Pococke (1704-1765), was born in Southampton, England. In 1737 he visited
Alexandria. In 1738 he reached Dendereh and Thebes in Upper Egypt. In February 1738 he was
in Cairo, and returned to England in 1742. Volume I of his book was published in
1743 and volume II in 1745; it was celebrated at the time and translated into French,
German and Dutch.
Referances
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Description of the East and Some other Countries, I, Observations on Egypt, London. 1743.
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