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ZUALLART, Jean. Il devotissimo viaggio di Gerusalemme fatto, & descritto in sei libri dal Sig. Giovanni Zuallardo, Cavaliero del Santiss Sepolcro di N.S. l'anno 1586..., Rome, F. Zanetti & Gia Ruffinelli, MDLXXXVII [=1587].
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Jean Zuallart (1541-1634) was mayor of the town of Ath in Hainaut, Belgium, from 1584 to 1634. He made the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1586. He was…
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TANCOIGNE, J.M. Voyage à Smyrne, dans l’Archipel et l’Ile de Candie, en 1811, 1812, 1813 et 1814; suivie … et d’une description de la marche du Sultan …, vols I-II, Paris, Nepveu, 1817.
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J.M. Tancoigne was an attaché to the French embassy in Persia in 1807. During his stay in that country, he visited Istanbul three times. From 1812 to…
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ZALLONY, Marcaky. Voyage à Tine, l'une des iles de l'Archipel de la Grèce, suivi d'un traité de l'asthme.., Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1809.
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Markos Filippos Zalonis (1782-?) was a Greek surgeon and writer from Tinos. He settled in Smyrna at a young age and studied in Paris. For a time…
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[MAC FARLANE, Charles]. The Seven Apocalyptic Churches, etchings by T. Knox, [London 1832].
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Charles Macfarlane (1799-1858) was a Scottish writer. He earned his living by writing works of a diverse nature. Macfarlane travelled to Portugal at a…
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LUCAS, Paul. Voyage du Sieur Paul Lucas, fait par ordre du roy dans la Grece, l'Asie Mineure, la Macedoine et l'Afrique, vols I-II, Paris, Nicolas Simart, MDCCXII [=1712].
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Paul Lucas (1664-1737) was a French merchant, naturalist, physician, antiquities hunter and emissary of Louis XIV in search of antiquities. He was…
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BUSBECQ, Ogier Ghiselin de. Vier Sendschreiben der Türkischen Bottschaft, welche von dem Röm. Keyser Ferdinand dem I. an Solimann, damaligen Türkischen Keyser ihm aufgetragen worden..., Nurnberg, Michael und Friederich Endtern, 1664.
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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-1592) was a Flemish humanist, naturalist and diplomat. He studied Latin at the University of Leuven and continued his…
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SONETTI, Bartolommeo Dalli. Isolario, Venice 1485, With an Introduction by Frederick R. Goff, Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, MCMLXXII [=1972].
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The author of this work was a Venetian sailor called Bartolomeo – his full name was probably Bartolomeo Zamberti or, according to other sources,…
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BARTHOLDY, Jakob Ludwig Salomon. Voyage en Grèce fait dans les années 1803 et 1804 … Contenant les details sur la manière de voyages dans la Grèce et l’Archipel…, vols I-II, Paris, Dentu, 1807.
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Jakob Ludwig Salomon Bartholdy (1779-1825) was a Prussian diplomat of Jewish parentage who converted to Protentantism in 1805. He was born in Berlin…
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[ENDERLIN, Jacob]. Archipelagus Turbatus, Oder Deß Schönen Griechen-Lands..., Augsburg, Jacob Enderlin, MDCLXXXVI [=1686].
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Jacob Enderlin was a German engraver and publisher, descended from Suabia. He became known for his historical and geographical editions in the late…
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ALIGNY, Claude François Théodore Caruelle d'. Απόψεις από τις περιώνυμες τοποθεσίες της αρχαίας Ελλάδας..., Athens, Emporiki Bank of Greece, 1971.
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French painter Claude François Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny (1798-1871), especially known for his landscape paintings, was descended from a family of…
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