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Expeditionen in die Wüste - Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (Season 1, Episode 1,287)
TV Episode | Documentary, History
Penniless, German-law-trained Swiss adventurer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt convinced the British Royal Navy's cover African Association to engage him as undercover spy to reattempt the search for the Niger, which killed officer Mungo Park ...See morePenniless, German-law-trained Swiss adventurer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt convinced the British Royal Navy's cover African Association to engage him as undercover spy to reattempt the search for the Niger, which killed officer Mungo Park three years earlier. He started his ultimate voyage in 1816 in Cairo as Indian Muslin trader sheik Ibrahim Ibn-Abdullah, after ample training in Cambridge and Aleppo. Ignorance still nearly gets him killed, but he soldiers on and rediscovers the fabulous Nabathaean capital Petra, thanks to Bedouin guides, in 1812. Finally he can join a Saharan caravan to Timbuktu. To alleviate suspicions concerning his faith, he joins, probably circumcised, perhaps even converted, a Muslimpilgrimahe to Mecca. On the way he discovers Abu Simbil, but contracted a then fatal disease, so he never got to explore the Niger, which wouldn't prove useful anyhow. Written by KGF Vissers See less
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Updated Feb 12, 2012
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Feb 12, 2012 (Germany)
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4 wins & 1 nomination

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