A TOUR FROM GIBRALTAR TO TANGIER, SALLEE, MOGADORE, SANTA CRUZ, TARUDANT, AND THENCE OVER MOUNT ALTAS TO MOROCCO, INCLUDING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL HAREM.

Lemprière, William (Surgeon)

Numéro d'objet:	26
Date:	1791
Genre:	Livre
Lieu:	Londres
Sujet:	Voyages

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LEMPRIERE William

A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant; and thence over Mount Atlas, to Morocco. Londres; Printed for the author 1791 in-8 veau marron, très abimé, dos lisse, orné, pièce rouge; xl-464 p. avec 1 carte repliée. (Playfair 449 - Lebel 125) Le docteur Lemprière est envoyé en 1789 par le gouverneur de Gibraltar, à la demande du sultan Sidi Mohammed, pour soigner son fils à Taroudant et l'appelle ensuite auprès de lui à Marrakech où il devient médecin des femmes du harem. L'ère de la piraterie étant close, le docteur Lemprière pouvait parcourir librement le Maroc à une époque où un voyage de ce genre était encore pratiquement impossible. Ce qui lui permit de rapporter un ouvrage documentaire d'un intérêt considérable. Il a pu pénétrer dans la vie intime du palais impérial; il a beaucoup vu et il a su beaucoup retenir. Il confesse dans sa relation qu'il revint plus riche d'observations que d'écus.

1791. Lemprière, Wiliam, Surgeon. – A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogadore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant, and thence over Mount Altas to Morocco, including a particular account of the Royal Harem. London: 8vo, pp. 477. 2nd ed. 1793, 3rd ed. 1813, pp. 447. See also Pinkerton's Voy. vol. xv. Pp. 681-801. A French translation by M. de Sainte-Suzanne, Paris, 8vo, 1801, pp. 383 and map. A German one by Zimmermann qppeared in 1792, with map, in « Magazin von merkw. Neuen Reisebeschr. », vol. viii. (Berlin, 8vo).
The author was sent by the Governor of Gibraltar at the special request of the Sultan to attend Mowlai Absulem his favourite son, then resident at Tarudant; he was subsequently summoned by the Sultan to Morocco, where his professional character gained for him frequent entrance to the hareem, a privilege which no European had enjoyed before. He was detained six months, journeying from Tangier to Mogador, thence to Tarudant, and so back to Tangier, and had recourse to a stratagem to obtain permission to leave the country.

Early and accurate account of palace life from a garrison doctor (d. 1834) seconded to Sultan Sidi Mohammed III (1750[-]90). He was subsequently appointed Inspector-General of British Army hospitals.

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