Cahun, Léon
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1841-1900) French Orientalist and author whose Les aventures du Capitaine Magon; ou, une exploration Phénicienne milles ans avant l'ère chrétien (1875; trans Ellen E Frewer as The Adventures of Captain Mago; or, a Phoenician Expedition, B.C. 1000 1876) follows the Phoenician Captain on a Fantastic Voyage, first northwards to Finland, then around Africa, visiting (en passant) the Queen of Sheba. [JC]
David Léon Cahun
born Haguenau, Alsace, France: 23 June 1841
died Paris: 30 March 1900
works
- Les aventures du Capitaine Magon; ou, une exploration Phénicienne milles ans avant l'ère chrétien (Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1875) [hb/P Philippoteaux]
- The Adventures of Captain Mago; or, a Phoenician Expedition, B.C. 1000 (New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1876) [trans by Ellen E Frewer of the above: hb/P Philippoteaux]
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