THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN SPAIN AND MOROCCO IN 1848

Urquhart, David

Numéro d'objet:	49
Date:	1850
Genre:	Livre
Lieu:	Londres
Sujet:	Voyages

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1850. Urquhart, David. – The Pillars of Hercules: a narrative of travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848. London: 2 vol. 8vo, pp. 460+464.
Mr. Urquhart, a Member of Parliament one noted for his extreme anti-Russian views, did not go further than Casablanca. But his book contains a great deal of suggestive matter, including some views still very hypothetical and at the time considered absurd, regarding the connection of the Celts with the Berbers. However, now that the Iberian theory recognises the Berbers as most probably the stock of Great Britain, France and Spain, prior to the Celtic invasion, his ideas are worthy of some attention, more especially as he had no notion of any such relationship. If this was the case, it is scarcely improbable to hold that the Celts have inherited some Berber words and implements, such as the peculiar brooch used in the Highlands of Scotland, and all over Northern Africa among the Berber people.


Urquhart avait débuté dans la carrière diplomatique dans l'ambassade envoyé en novembre 1831 à Constantinople sous la direction de Sir Stratford Canning. Il fut en 1835 secrétaire de l'ambassade. En 1847 il fut envoyé au Parlement par le conté de Safford. Il visita le Maroc ainsi que Casablanca.