Antoine Galland

French scholar who first translated The Thousand and One Nights

1646–1715 Folklore

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About Antoine Galland

Antoine Galland was a French orientalist and archaeologist who served as an antiquarian to the king. He was the first European translator of the Thousand and One Nights, which appeared in twelve volumes from 1704 to 1717. He added stories he heard from a Syrian storyteller, including Aladdin and Ali Baba, that are not in the earlier Arabic manuscripts. His version shaped how Europe came to know the tales.

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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

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Aladdin is a poor boy in China who lives with his mother. A stranger who claims to be his uncle sends him down into a cave to bring up an old lamp. Aladdin does not know...

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