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LA CHAPPELLE, George de. Recuel de divers portraits des principales dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, tirée au naturel sur les lieux..., Paris, Chez Blond, [1648?].

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The French artist George de La Chappelle was born in Caen, Normandy. He lived in Istanbul for several years, while La Haye served as ambassador of…

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HUNGLINGER VON YNGUE, Andreas Magnus. Abbildungen herumgehender Krämer von Constantinopel nebst anderen Stadteinwohnern und Fremden, aus Aegypten, der Barbarey und dem Archipelagus..., Vienna, gedruckt mit Albertischen Schriften, 1800.

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LAURENBERG, Johann. Graecia antiqua, edidit Samuel Puffendorf, Amsterdam, Joannem Janssonium, MDCLX [=1661].

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Johann Lauremberg (or Laurenberg) was a German scholar, mathematician and author of satirical works, who also published under the pseudonym of Hans…

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MAUNDRELL, Henry. Reize van Aléppo naar Jeruzalem, op Paasschen, in't jaar 1698..., Utrecht, Willem van Poolsum, 1705.

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Little is known on the early life of Henry Maundrell (1650-1710). From 1696 to 1701 he served as chaplain to the Levant Company in Aleppo. In late…

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MORRITT, John Bacon Sawrey. The letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby. Descriptive of journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the years 1794-1796..., London, J. Murray, 1914.

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The English scholar and politician John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (1772? -1843) studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, from where he graduated in…

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[SELLER, John]. The English pilot. Part III: Describing the Sea-coasts, Capes, Head-lands.., London, Printed for J. Mount, and T. Page, MDCCLXXI [=1771].

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The British artist, cartographer and royal hydrographer John Seller (1630-1697) is best known for the first detailed mapping of the Mediterranean…

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SCHRANZ, Joseph. Le Bosphore et Constantinople, dessinés d'après nature, Istanbul, [ca. 1850].

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The Austrian draughtsman and painter Josef Schranz captured snapshots from everyday life in Istanbul, which he drew from nature. This Album, composed…

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KLEEMANN, Nikolaus Ernst. Nikolaus Ernst Kleemanns Reisen von Wien über Belgrad bis Kilianova durch die Butschiack-Tartarey über Cavschan..., Leipsig, Johann Paul Krauss, 1773.

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Nikolaus Ernst or Μiklos Erno Kleeman made a journey to Crimea in the years 1768-1770 and published his impressions in German in 1771. His account…

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THOMPSON, Charles. The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq. Containing his observations on France, Italy, Turkey in Europe, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt..., vols Ι-III, Reading, C. Micklewright, 1752.

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The only facts known in relation to British merchant Charles Thompson are the ones he records in his travel account, about which some scholars have…

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[PIACENZA Francesco / ALBRIZZI, Girolamo]. Distintissima descrittione della città, porto & isola di Scio, qonquistata dalle armi della Sereniss. Republica di Venetia, Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1694.

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The edition deals with the history and geography of Chios island. It describes the castles and villages (Armolia, Kardamyla, Kambia, Katarraktis,…

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