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The area of Lefctro in Messenia. Cape Tainaron in the background.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Lefktro, Messenia, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Tainaron, Views

Every day life scenes in the Greek state.

Tags: Animals, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Horses, Human types, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

1. West view of Kantara castle. 2. View of the Church of Panagia Kanakaria at Lythrangomi, Cyprus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Church of Panagia Kanakaria (Lythrangomi), Churches, Cyprus, Fortifications and fortresses, Kantara castle, Lythrangomi, Mount Pentadaktylos, Mountains

Inscription in Latin from Ayia Napa.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Inscriptions, Latin alphabet

North view of Bellapais Abbey at Kyreneia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyprus, Keryneia, Monasteries

1. South east facade of Agios Largos or St. Hilarion. 2. South view of Bufavento castle at Kyreneia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bufavento castle, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Human types, Keryneia, Saints

Inscription in Greek at Kykkos Monastery.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cyprus, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Kykkos Monastery (Cyprus), Marathassa

1. Funerary stele at the Church of Panagia Acheiropoietos, Lapithos, Cyprus . 2. Part of the front of the Kolossi Castle, Limassol. 3. Front view of the Church of Agios Mamas at Morfou, Cyprus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Ayios Mamas, Castles and fortresses, Church of Ayios Mamas (Morfou), Church of Panagia Acheiropoietos (Lapithos), Church of Panayia Acheropiiti (Lapithos), Churches, Cyprus, Funerary monuments, Knights Hospitaller, Kolossi Castle (Limassol), Lapithos, Limassol, Medieval monuments, Morphou, Saints

Inscription in Greek from city in the Syrian dessert.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Syria

1. Inscription in Greek from Al Bara, near Aleppo. 2. Inscription in Greek on epistyle at Al Bara, near Aleppo. 3. Inscription in Latin on epistyle at Al Bara, near Aleppo.

Tags: Al Bara, Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Latin alphabet, Syria

Inscriptions in Greek from catacombs near Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Funerary monuments, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Syria

Inscription in Greek at the necropolis of Furkia, near Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Catacombs of Furkia, Funerary monuments, Furkia, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Necropolis of Furcia, Syria

1. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Apollo and Demeter, at the necropolis of Furkia. 2. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Hermes and Pheme, at the necropolis of Furkia. 3. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Ceres and Athena, at the necropolis of Furkia.4. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing a priest, at the necropolis of Furkia. 5. Reconstructive drawing of building at Al Bara, near Aleppo. 6. Relief found at the entrance of the library of the Levant Company (or East Company) at Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Al Bara, Aleppo, Ancient gods / deities, Arches, Art and antiquities, Demeter, Funerary monuments, Furkia, Hermes, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Levant Company, Libraries, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Furcia, Pheme, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Syria

1. The east side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria. 2. The west side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Syria).

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

Topographical map showing the region between Aleppo and the Euphrates.

Tags: Aleppo, Euphrates river, Maps, Rivers, Syria

1. Monumental building. 2. View of part of the wall of the temple of Saint Peter in Antakya, Turkey. 3. Funerary stele showing a gladiator in Samandağ (anc. Seleucia Pieria). 4. View of entrance leading to catacomb at Shaykh Barakat, near Aleppo. 5. View of funerary stele at the entrance of Shaykh Barakat. 6. View of gate at Shaykh Barakat.

Tags: Agios Petros (Antioch/ Antakya), Antakya-Hatay / Antioch, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Churches, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Gates, Roman monuments, Saints, Samandağ / anc. Seleucia Pieria, Shaykh Barakat, Shaykh Barakat Catacombs, Steles, Syria, Turkey

The Birecik Castle, upon the river Euphrates.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Birecik / Birtha, Birecik Castle, Castles and fortresses, Euphrates river, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Rivers, Roman monuments, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Soldiers, Turkey, Views, Weapons

Map of the greater region of Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Maps, Syria

South front of the Castle of Rouwant at the highlands of Nur Mountains.

Tags: Castles and fortresses, Mount Nur Dağları / Amanos, Mountains, Natural environment, Rouwant Castle, Syria, Views

1. View of Cyrrhus, near Aleppo. 2. View of Hierapolis, near Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Cyrrhus, Euphrates river, Hierapolis, Maps, Rivers, Syria, Views

Inscription in Greek from the catacombs of Shaykh Barakat, near Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Mount Shaykh Barakat, Mountains

1.View of the great altar at the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria. 2. Funerary stele from Hierapolis, near Aleppo, Syria. 3. Fragment of relief from Hierapolis.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Euphrates river, Funerary monuments, Hierapolis, Reliefs, Rivers, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

Views of two different sides of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, near Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Human types, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Mountains, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

1. View of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, near Aleppo, Syria. 2. Bottom view of the base of the columns together with views of the columns and the arches of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.

Tags: Aleppo, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Columns / Pillars, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Mountains, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

Map of Cyprus.

Tags: Cyprus, Maps

View of Aleppo and its castle.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Aleppo, Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Syria, Views

1. Chameleon. 2. Musical instrument. 3-4. The Arch of Septimus Severus at Latakia, Syria.

Tags: Animals, Arch of Septimius Severus, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chameleons, Gates, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Musical instruments, Roman monuments, Septimus Severus, Syria

View of the bay of Larnaca.

Tags: Central Greece, Cyprus, Gulfs and bays, Larnaca, Maps, Views

Tarantulas.

Tags: Animals, Cyprus, Insects, Spiders, Tarantulas

1. Temple of Janus at Smyrna. 2. Great Circus at Smyrna. 3. Gate of the Castle of Smyrna. 4. Bay of Smyrna. 5. Chimaera.

Tags: Ancient stadiums, Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Gates, Gulf of Izmir, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Maps, Plans and drawings, Reliefs, Temple of Homer (Smyrna), Temple of Ianus (Smyrna), Turkey

Aqueduct on Meles river, near Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fishermen, Fishing, Goats, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Meles river (Meles Çayı), Natural environment, Nobility, Rivers, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

1. View of the Palestra of Delos. 2. Portico at Delos. 3. Fragment from Delos. 4. The ancient theater of Delos. 5. View of Delos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Ancient temples, Ancient theatre of Delos, Ancient theatres, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Gymnasiums, Inscriptions, Maps, Palaestras, Views

1. Voidi or Trenta Nove islet, Zakynthos. According to the legend, the Venetians executed thirty nine Zakynthian rebels on the islet, hence its name. 2. The Castle of Cythera. 3. View of the port of Myconos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Church of Hagios Georgios (Zakynthos), Churches, Cyclades, Cythera, Ionian islands, Maps, Myconos, Natural environment, Views, Windmills, Zakynthos

The Bridge la Santa Trinita in Florence.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bridge of Santa Trinita, Bridges, Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Map of the harbor of Genoa.

Tags: Genoa, Italy, Liguria, Maps, Ports, Views

Monte Piovizano.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Nobility, Oxen, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Veneto

The Greek alphabet.

Tags: Alphabets, Greek alphabet

Title page.

Tags: Title page

Frontispiece. Allegory of author's voyage.

Tags: Agricultural tools, Alexander Drummond, Architects, Architectural instruments, Art and antiquities, Athens, Author portraits, Boats and ships, Books, Cannons, Central Greece, Frontispieces, Greece, Musical instruments, Pausanias, Weapons, Women

Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from the cemetery of Eyüp.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Cemetery of Eyüp, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Funerary steles, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman monuments, Rites of passage, Turkey, Views

View of Linz in Austria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Austria, Boats and ships, Bridges, Danube river, Holy Roman Empire – Habsburg Empire, Human types, Rafts, Rivers, Steam ships, Views, Women

View of Weltenburg straits, Germany.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bavaria, Boats and ships, Danube river, Donkeys, Germany, Human types, Medieval monuments, Rivers, Views, Weltenburg, Weltenburg Monastery, Weltenburg straits

Walhalla, hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people and famous personalities in German history, Regensburg.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bavaria, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danube river, Germany, Human types, Regensburg, Rivers, Scandinavian mythology, Views, Walhalla, Women

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