- GB 2014 WS-01-BUS-GG/1/31
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- 1587
Camden, William, 1551-1623
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Camden, William, 1551-1623
Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
Sauvage, Denis, sieur du Parc, 1520?-1587?
Tughrai, al-Husayn ibn Ali, 1061 or 1062-1121?
Decas sacra canticorum. . Arabicorum. . arab. et lat.
Kirsten, Peter, 1577-1640
Fabricius, Johan
Caulfield, James, 1764-1826
Saussure was almost single-handedly responsible for drawing attention to the Alps and particularly Mont Blanc. He visited Chamonix in 1760 and established a prize for the first ascent of Mont Blanc, which was achieved in 1786. Saussure reached the summit himself the following year and published 'Relation abregée d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont-Blanc', the first published account of the ascent of the mountain. The present work was his magnum opus and two further volumes appeared in 1796.
Saussure, Horace Benedict de, 1740-1799