James Bruce
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esploratore scozzese
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1730-12-14 ) 14 December 1730, Kinnaird House, Larbert , Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Died
- 27 April 1794 (1794-04-27) (aged 63), Kinnaird House, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Occupations
- Traveller travel writer
- Known for
- Traced the origins of the Blue Nile
- Notable work
- Travels (1790)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Stirling
- Place of death
- Stirling
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Harrow School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- James Bruce.jpg
- Work location
- Edinburgh
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- Elizabeth Jagiellon
- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- James Bruce (explorer)
- date of birth
- 1730-12-14
- date of death
- 1794-04-27
- Commons gallery
- James Bruce
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Yale Center for British Art
Sources (2)
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Article · Italiano
James Bruce è stato un esploratore britannico. Dopo un breve viaggio in Spagna, partì (1769) alla volta dell'Africa subsahariana. Attraverso Semien ed Eritrea giunse a Gondar e scoprì inoltre le sorgenti del Nilo azzurro, fino ad allora inesplorate. Durante il ritorno (1773) esplorò una vasta regione della Nubia. Da lui prende nome il Codice Bruce, che egli acquistò in Egitto.
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