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FRANKLAND, Charles Colville. Travels to and from Constantinople, in the years 1827 and 1828..., vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, Henry Colburn, 1829.

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British admiral Charles Colville Frankland (1792-1876) travelled from Vienna to the Southeastern Europe and the East in 1827, when he was still a…

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SAYER, Robert. Ruins of Athens, with Remains and other valuable Antiquities in Greece, London, Robert Sayer, MDCCLIX [=1759].

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The European vision of Greece in the 18th century creates an imaginary realm; the clearest expression of this outlook are the sixty plates by Jean…

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Το Βασίλειον της Κρήτης [The realm of Crete] – Cretae Regnum, Francesco Basilicata, 1618. Heraklion, Mikros Nautilos Publications – Vikelaia Municipal Library – LUCC Crete, Crete, 1994.

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Francesco Basilicata was an Italian cartographer and military engineer, who lived in Crete for several years, in the service of the Venetian Republic.…

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View the items in Το Βασίλειον της Κρήτης [The realm of Crete] – Cretae Regnum, Francesco Basilicata, 1618. Heraklion, Mikros Nautilos Publications – Vikelaia Municipal Library – LUCC Crete, Crete, 1994.

WILKINS, William. The Antiquities of Magna Graecia, London, Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, MDCCCVII [=1807].

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William Wilkins (1778-1839) was a British architect and scholar. He was a draughtsman at the National Gallery of London and studied at Cambridge.…

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SONNINI DE MANONCOURT, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert. Voyage en Grèce et en Turquie, fait par ordre de Louis XVI, et avec l' autorisation de la cour ottomane…, vols Ι-II, Atlas, Paris, F. Buisson, An IX [=1801].

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Charles Nicolas Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncourt (1751-1812), was a French nobleman and naturalist. He was educated in a Jesuit school and then studied…

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WALKER, Mary Adelaide. Through Macedonia to the Albanian Lakes, London, Chapman and Hall, 1864.

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Mary Adelaide Walker was a British traveller. Her brother was the British chaplain in Istanbul during the 1850’s. She must have arrived in Istanbul…

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FRIEDEL, Adam de. The Greeks, Twenty-four Portraits of the principal Leaders and Personages who have made themselves most conspicuous in the Greek Revolution, from the Commencement of the Struggle, London, Adam de Friedel, 1832.

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The Danish Adam Friedel (1780- ?) served as military official during the Napoleonic wars. After the wars, he accompanied a Danish nobleman on his…

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GELL, Sir William. The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity; Illustrated and explained by Drawings and Descriptions. Dedicated by Permission, to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, London, T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804.

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The British archaeologist, topographer and cartographer William Gell (1777-1836), studied at Cambridge and was one of the most important scholars…

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[GUILLET, André Georges]. Athènes ancienne et nouvelle. Et l’estat present de l’empire des Turcs… Avec le plan de la ville d’Athènes, par le Sr. de la Guilletière, Paris, Estienne Michallet, M.DC.LXXV [=1675].

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In the prologue to this book, André Georges Guillet (1624-1705), historian and member of the Acadèmie Royale de Peinture, explains that the ensuing…

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MORYSON, Fynes. An Itinerary written by Fynes Moryson Gent. First in the Latine Tongue, and then translated by him into English: Containing his Ten Yeeres Travel Divided into Three Parts..., London, John Beale, 1617.

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Born to an aristocratic family, Fynes Moryson (1566-1630) studied and later taught at Cambridge. He started travelling at the age of twenty-three. For…

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View the items in MORYSON, Fynes. An Itinerary written by Fynes Moryson Gent. First in the Latine Tongue, and then translated by him into English: Containing his Ten Yeeres Travel Divided into Three Parts..., London, John Beale, 1617.