Eduard R Ppell (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon R ppell (20 November 1794 - 10 December 1884) was a German naturalist and explorer. R ppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet. R ppell was born at Frankfurt-on-Main, the son of a very prosperous banker. He was originally destined to be a merchant, but after a visit to Sinai in 1817 he developed an interest in natural history. He attended lectures at the University of Pavia and University of Genoa in botany and zoology. R ppell set off on his first expedition in 1821, accompanied by surgeon Michael Hey as his assistant. They travelled through the Sinai desert, and in 1822 were the first European explorers to reach the Gulf of Aqaba. They then proceeded to Alexandria via Mount Sinai. In 1823 they travelled up the Nile to Nubia, collecting specimens in the area south of Ambukol, returning to Cairo in July 1825. A planned journey through Ethiopia only reached as far as Massawa, where the party suffered ill health.