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PIACENZA, Francesco. L' Egeo redivivo, o'sia chorographia dell'Arcipelago, e dello stato primiero, & atuale di quellisole, regni, cittaà, popolationi, dominij, costumi, sito, & imprese..., Modena, Soliani, 1688.

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Francesco Piacenza (1637-1687) was an Italian jurist, diplomat and chess player. He was professor of civil and canon law and secretary to the Catholic…

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LEAKE, William Martin. Journal of a tour in Asia Minor, with comparative remarks on the ancient and modern geography of that country, London, John Murray, 1824.

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Vice-coronel William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a topographer, antiquarian and member of the society of the Dilettanti. He is considered one of the…

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GERBELIUS, Nicolas. Nicolai Gerbelij in descriptionem Graeciae Sophiani, Praefatio… Eiusdem de situ, nominibus et regionibus Graeciae Perbrevis in picturam Sophiani Introductio [Basel, ex officina Ioannis Oporini…, 1545].

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German humanist and law scholar Nicolaus Gerbel or Gerbelius (1485-1560) was born in Pforzheim. He studied at the Universities of Vienna (1502-1505),…

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TAVERNIER, Jean Baptiste. Les six voyages … en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes ..., Paris, Gervaise Clouzier et Claude Barbin, M.D.C.LXXVII [=1677].

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Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) was Flemish, the son of a map seller. Passionate about travelling, he had visited numerous European countries…

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BAUD-BOVY, Daniel / BOISSONNAS, Frédéric. Des Cyclades en Crète au gré du vent, Geneva, Boissonnas & Co, 1919.

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Fr.-Fr. Boissonnas, nicknamed Fred (1858-1946) came from a Swiss family of photographers. An enthusiastic trekker, he started out on his journey from…

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VECELLIO, Cesare. Costumes anciens et modernes. Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo di Cesare Vecellio, précédés d'un essai sur la gravure sur bois par M. Amb. Firmin Didot, vols Ι-ΙΙ, Paris, Firmin Didot Frères Fils & Cie, 1861-62.

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Cesare Vecellio (c.1530-1601) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born in the region of Veneto and died in Venice. He was a cousin of the…

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CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco. Isole famose porti, fortezze, e terre maritime sottoposte alla Ser.ma Sig.ria di Venetia, ad altri Principi Christiani, et al Sig.or Turco..., Venice, alla libraria del segno di S.Marco [c. 1574].

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Giovanni Francesco Camocio was a cartographer, publisher and printer. From 1558 onwards, he composed various island maps, which were very thorough and…

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CORONELLI, [Vincenzo Maria] / PARISSOTI [Antonio]. Isola di Rodi. Geografica, Storica, Antica e Moderna, coll’altre adiacenti gia possedute da Cavalieri Hospitalieri …, Venice, Alla Libraria della Geografia, 1688.

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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Son of a Venetian tailor, he was…

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GUYS, Pierre Augustin. Voyage littéraire de la Grèce, ou lettres sur les Grecs, anciens et modernes, avec un parallel de leurs moeurs. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée, &…, augmentée…, vols I-II-ΙΙΙ-ΙV, Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1783.

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The Frenchman Pierre Augustin Guys (1721-1799) was a merchant as well as a member of the Academy of Letters and Sciences of Marseilles. He started his…

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GRELOT, Guillaume Joseph. Relation nouvelle d’un voyage de Constantinople. Enrichie de plans levez par l’auteur sur les lieux…, [Paris, Veuve Damien Foucault/Pierre Rocolet, 1680].

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Guillaume Joseph Grelot (c.1630-?) was a French painter. In 1671 he set out to accompany French merchant J. Chardin in his travels to Persia, which…

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