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OLIVIER, Guillaume Antoine. Atlas pour servir au Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République, Paris, Chez H. Agasse, An ΙΧ [1801].

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Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) was a French naturalist, botanist and entomologist. He studied medicine at Monpellier but was more inclined…

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FOSSATI, Gaspard. Aya Sofia Constantinople, As recently restored by Order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, London, P. & C. Colhaghi, 1852.

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Gaspare Fossati (1809-1883) and his brother Giuseppe Fossati (1822-1891), were born in Switzerland to a family of architects. They studied in Venice…

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ALLAN, John H. A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean: Including Malta-Dalmatia-Turkey-Asia Minor-Grecian Archipelago-Egypt-Nubia-Greece-Ionian Islands-Sicily-Italy-and Spain, London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843.

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John Harrison Allan was from Britain. He was a member of the Athenian Archaeological Society and the Egyptian Society of Cairo. He made a journey to…

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View the items in ALLAN, John H. A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean: Including Malta-Dalmatia-Turkey-Asia Minor-Grecian Archipelago-Egypt-Nubia-Greece-Ionian Islands-Sicily-Italy-and Spain, London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843.

GOODISSON, William. A historical and topographical essay upon the islands of Corfou, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaca, and Zante, London, Thomas and George Underwood, 1822.

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William Goodisson (1785-1836) was an Irish surgeon, son of a pharmacist. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and subsequently ranked the Medical…

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LEWIS, John F. Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople made during a Residence in that City in the Years 1835-6, London, T. Mc.Lean, D & P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis [1838].

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John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876) was a British orientalist painter. His father was an engraver and landscape painter as well. Lewis lived in Spain…

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LAURENT, Peter Edmund. Recollections of a Classical Tour through Various Parts of Greece, Turkey, and Italy, made in the Years 1818 & 1819, London, G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821.

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Peter Edmund Laurent (1796-837) was a French classic scholar. He studied at the Polytechnic school of Paris and left France for Britain at a young…

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[POULLET, -]. Nouvelles relations du Levant, qui contiennent plusieurs remarques…, touchant la Religion, les moeurs & la politique de divers Peuples…, Par Monsieur P. A., Paris, L. Billaine, MDCLXVII [=1667].

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This is a characteristic travel account of the mid-17th century. Poullet, the author, states in his introduction that he wishes to please all readers,…

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AINSWORTH, William Francis. All round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures in all parts of the globe. With two hundred illustrations, London/Glaskow, W. Collins, 1870.

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William Francis Ainsworth (1807-1896) was a British surgeon, geographer and geologist. He was born in Exeter and graduated from the Royal College of…

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ALDENHOVEN, Ferdinand. Itineraire descriptif de l'Attique et du Péloponèse, avec cartes et plans topographiques, Athens, Adolphe Nast, Rodolphe Bund et l'auteur, 1841.

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Ferdinand Aldenhoven was an army officer, topographer and engineer from Köln. He must have arrived in Greece with King Otto and his Bavarian court,…

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DODWELL, Edward. Alcuni bassirilievi della Grecia descritti e pubblicati in otto tavole..., Ρώμη, Ferdinando Mori e Stefano Piale, MDCCCXII [=1812].

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O αρχαιολόγος και ζωγράφος Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), γόνος παλιάς και πλούσιας ιρλανδικής…

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