Simon von Geldern
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Simon von Geldern
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Simon von Geldern (1720–1774) was a German traveler and author. He was born into a wealthy family of Court Jews. Born in Dusseldorf, he became an adventurer, poet, gambler, and a traveler to the Middle East. He was the great-uncle of Heinrich Heine, who describes him in his "Memoirs" as an adventurer and Utopian dreamer. The cognomen "Oriental" was given him because of his long journeys in Oriental countries. He spent many years in the maritime cities in the north of Africa and in the Moroccan s
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German traveler and author
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_von_Geldern
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2006-06-09T16:32:40Z
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2024-09-14T06:48:56Z
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