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SPENCER-STANHOPE, John. Olympia; or, Topography illustrative of the actual state of the Plain of Plympia, and of the Ruins of the City of Elis, London, Dodwell and Martin, 1824/ Athens 2010.

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John Spencer-Stanhope (1787-1873) was born into a well-known family of the landed aristocracy and studied Greek mythology. During the Napoleonic Wars,…

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BESSE, Jean-Charles de. Voyage en Crimée, au Caucase, en Géorgie, en Arménie, en Asie Mineure et Constantinople en 1829 et 1830; pour servir à l’histοire de Hongrie…, Paris, Librairie Delaunay, 1838.

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Jean-Charles de Besse, Hungarian but francophone, is known for this chronicle of his voyage to Crimea, Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia and Asia Minor,…

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SAYGER, C. & DESARNOD, A[uguste Joseph]. Album d’un voyage en Turquie fait par ordre de sa majesté l’empereur Nicolas 1er en 1829 et 1830, par C. Sayger & A. Desarnod, Paris, Imprimérie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1834.

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C. Sayger, librarian to the Czar of Russia, and Auguste Joseph Desarnod, painter (1788-1840), participated in military operations against the…

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BENNET, Henry James. Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean: or, the Genoese Rivieras, Italy, Spain, Corfu, Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople…, Smyrna, Asia Minor…, fifth edition, London, J. & A. Churchill, 1875.

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Henry James Bennet (1816-?), son of the owner of a big textile mill and inventor of corduroy, was born in Manchester. When Bennet was thirteen, his…

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TEXIER, Charles Félix Marie. Byzantine Arcitecture, illustrated by Examples of Edifices erected in the East during the earliest Ages of Christianity…, and R.Popplewell Pullan, London, Day & Son, 1864.

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Charles Félix Marie Texier (1802-1871) was a French archaeologist and architect. In 1823 he entered the School of Fine Arts and by 1827 he had…

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CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florent (Comte de). Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce…, vols Ι-ΙΙ-ΙΙΙ, Paris, … J.-J. Blaise, 1782-1809-1822.

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Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) was a French nobleman, traveller and diplomat, born in Paris. He was greatly…

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HUGHES, Thomas Smart. Travels in Sicily Greece and Albania… Illustrated with engravings of maps scenery plans…, vols I-II, London, J. Mawman, 1820.

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Reverend Thomas Smart Hughes (1786-1847) was an excellent classical scholar and theologian, who had graduated from Cambridge. He only travelled to the…

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TOURNEFORT, Joseph Pitton de. Relation d’un Voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy. Contenant l’histoire ancienne & moderne de plusieurs Isles de l’Archipel, de Constantinople…, vols I-II, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1717.

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The French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was born into a well-to-do family in Aix-en-Provence. Initially, he studied Theology, but…

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CHALCONDYLES, Laonicus. L’histoire de la decadence de l’empire grec, et establissement de celuy des Turcs... depuis la ruine du Peloponese jusques à present..., Paris, Claude Sonnius, 1632.

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Laonicus Chalcondyles (c. 1430-c. 1490) was a Greek historian from Athens, son of Georgios and cousin of Demetrios Chalcocondyles. After his father's…

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POUQUEVILLE, François-Charles-Hugues-Laurent. Voyage de la Grèce…, avec cartes, vues et figures. Deuxième édition, vols Ι-ΙΙ-ΙΙΙ-ΙV-V-VI, Paris, chez Firmin Didot, Père et Fils 1826-1827.

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François-Charles-Hugues-Laurent Pouqueville (1770-1838) was a French physician, diplomat, writer, and ardent Philhellene. He was born in Normandy. He…

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