What is Carsten Niebuhr?
[[Image:Carsten niebuhr.jpg|thumb|Carsten Niebuhr]] '''Carsten Niebuhr''' or '''Karsten Niebuhr''' (March 17, 1733 – April 26, 1815) was a [[Germany|German]] [[mathematician]], [[surveyor]], [[cartographer]], and [[explorer]]. Niebuhr was the son of a [[Hanover]]ian farmer. He was self-educated. He travelled throughout the Middle East including [[Arabia]], Persia ([[Iran]]), [[Syria]] and [[India]]. He was the only surviving member of a [[Denmark|Danish]]/[[Germany|German]] team after the others died from illness and malaria. He wrote at least two books on his trips to the region which were later translated in to English and published in two volumes in the 1790s. Later editions were published around 1825. Niebuhr’s maps of the region including ''Sinus Persicus'', made about 1765 of the [[Persian Gulf]] is considered one of the most accurate of his time and was used for nearly 100 years. ==Other websites== *''[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11756/ Travels in Arabia]'' is an old book from 1892 that talks about Carsten Neibuhr's travels {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Niebuhr, Carsten}} [[Category:1733 births]] [[Category:German mathematicians]] [[Category:1815 deaths]]