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    Cornelis de Bruijn or Cornelius de Bruyn (pronounced [də ˈbrœyn]; 1652 – 1726/7), also formerly known in English by his French name Corneille Le Brun,...
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  • De Bruijn is a Dutch surname meaning "the brown". Notable people with the surname include: Adrianus Cornelis de Bruijn [de; nl] (1887–1968), Dutch politician...
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  • engraver Cornelis de Bruijn (1652–1726/27), artist and traveler Cornelis Cruys (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet Cornelis Dusart...
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    of events was, according to Cornelis, a custom every time the pope died. When visiting the castel in 1776 Cornelis de Bruijn mentioned the fireworks that...
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    Grünenberg 1714 drawing of ruined church over St George's tomb by Cornelis de Bruijn 1807 1866 (east end ruins, viewed from the south) 1857 1870 1873-74...
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    Bentvueghels (redirect from De Bentvueghels)
    tongue." Also Cornelis de Bruijn wrote about the rituals he had to undergo in 1676 and made some engravings, which he published in 1698. De Bruijn also made...
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    inhabitants. In 1702, Shirvan was described by the Dutch traveler Cornelis de Bruijn as one of the key provinces of the Safavid realm, admiring it for...
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    second volume of Cornelis de Bruijn's Travels, originally published in 1711. The Latin name of this species is called after De Bruijn. The natural habitat...
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    saved Moses from the Nile river, 1698 sketch made by Dutch traveller Cornelis de Bruijn on his journey through Egypt. The local inhabitants pointed out this...
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    Great Sphinx of Giza (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    the two different displays of the Sphinx. Cornelis de Bruijn, Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia (1698) Johanne Baptista...
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    honors Cornelis de Bruijn, the Dutch painter who first described it in the second volume of his Travels, originally published in 1711. There de Bruijn labeled...
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  • culture. Mammoth teeth were found at the site from an early time. Cornelis de Bruijn wrote in 1703: "In the locality in which we were, to our great surprise...
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    processes. The Dutch traveler Cornelis de Bruijn visited Persepolis in 1704. Sketch of Persepolis from 1704 by Cornelis de Bruijn Drawing of Persepolis in...
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    original on February 16, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2009. de Sivry, L: "Dictionnaire de Géographie Ecclésiastique", p. 375., 1852 ed, from ecclesiastical...
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    they thought could cure many diseases. In 1698, the Dutch traveller Cornelis de Bruijn, remarking on another Kyrenia mountains bone deposit, made several...
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    governorates (guberniya) [[:de:Matwei Petrowitsch Gagarin ]] was the first governor of Siberia. Peter was visited by Cornelis de Bruijn, who spent six years...
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    some of which were donated to the city by Pope Leo X. Dutch traveler Cornelis de Bruijn visited the chapel at December 12, 1674 AD. He writes, while describing...
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    Grünenberg 1714 drawing of ruined church over St George's tomb by Cornelis de Bruijn 1807 1866 (east end ruins, viewed from the south) 1857 1870 1873-74...
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    he spoke tolerable French and fluent English. Bruijn notes that an anonymous English biographer of de Ruyter claims that he was active in Dublin between...
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    meandering courses, travel was not particularly fast: for example, it took Cornelis de Bruijn around 10 days to sail from Moscow down these two rivers to Nizhny...
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    restoration of the original appearance of the complex. According to Cornelis de Bruijn, five of the nine tombs are surrounded by walls with portal entrances...
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    century Isfahan, capital of the Kingdom of Persia Si-o-se-pol Bridge by Cornelis de Bruijn, 1705 Isfahan to the south side, drawing by Eugène Flandin Ali minaret...
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    harbour, is depicted in a painting from 1675 by the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruijn. It may be Jaffa's oldest existing mosque. Built originally in 1675...
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    translation, along with a work by another Dutch traveller Cornelis de Bruijn (1652–1727) in Voyage de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Persia, et aux...
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    57-66. De Bruijn, Cornelis (1698). "4th chapter; Departure from Rome to Livorno. Ball game there. Bridge fight in Pisa. [...]". Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn...
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    itself. We had no dog. De Bruijn, Cornelis (1698). "3rd chapter; Travels from Rome to Napels [...]". Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen...
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    Guérin, V. (1868). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale...
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    contact with the painter Jan de Bray over a plan to improve the city's water supply, and helped the artist Cornelis de Bruijn, who needed contacts in Egypt...
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    ISBN 88-8183-026-4. De Bruijn, Cornelis (1698). "3rd chapter; Travels from Rome to Napels [...]". Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste deelen...
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  • Egyptians: the overflowing of the Nile and its effects (1800). Cornelis de Bruijn. Cornelis de Bruijn (1652 – c. 1727), a Dutch artist and traveler. Voyage au...
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