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PERTUSIER, Charles. Atlas des promenades pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les rives du Bosphore par M. Charles Pertusier, officier d'artillerie à cheval de la Garde Royale..., Paris, H. Nicolle, MDCCCXVII [=1817].

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Charles Pertusier (1779-1836) was an officer of the Horse Artillery Regiment of the Imperial Guard. After completing his studies at the École…

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SIEBER, Franz Wilhelm. Travels in the island of Crete, in the year 1817..., London, Richard Phillips, 1823.

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Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1789-1844) was a naturalist of Austrian descent. As he had an inclination for graphic arts, he initially studied architecture,…

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MARSILI, Luigi Ferdinando. Osservazioni intorno al Bosforo Tracio overo Canale di Constantinopoli, rappresentate in lettera alla sacra real maesta di Cristina, Regina di Svezia, da Lvigi Ferdinando Marsilii, Rome, Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, 1681.

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Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730) was a military officer and naturalist, considered as the founder of modern oceanography. He studied…

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WRANGEL, Ludwig. Flüchtige Skizzen aus Ost und Süd, gesammelt auf einer Reise nach Wosnesensk, Odessa, Constantinopel, Smyrna, Athen und Corfu. Mit 8 lithographirten Ansichten und Plänen, Gdańsk, Gerhard, 1839.

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PEETERS, Jacob. Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise du coté oriental. Comme aussi des villes et forteresses de la Moree, et quelques places de la Grèce..., Antwerp, Sur le marché des vieux Souliers, [1690?].

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Flemish engraver and book-seller, Jacob Peeters (1637-1695) was descended from a family of artists. He kept a shop in Antwerp, where he “sold every…

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[PEETERS, Jacob. Korte Beschryvinghe, Ende Aen-Wysinghe der Plaetsen in desfn Boeck, met hunnen teghenwoordigen Standt, pertinentelijck uytghebeldt, in Oostenryck, Antwerp, 1686.]

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Flemish engraver and book-seller Jacob Peeters (1637-1695) was descended from a family of artists. He kept a shop in Antwerp, where he “sold every…

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TWEDDELL, Robert. Account of the examination of the Elgin-box at the Foreign-Office in Downing-Street, on 7th.November 1816. In a letter to James Losh, Esqe., Barrister at Law by Rev. Robert Tweddell AM., Manchester, C. Wheeler and Son, [1817].

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John Tweddell (1769 -1799) was a classical scholar and Philhellene. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was elected a fellow of that College…

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SOMER, Jan. Beschrijvinge van een Zee ende Landt Reyse Naer de Levante. Als Italien, Candyen, Cypres, Egypten, Rhodes, Archipelago, Turkyen. En vvederon door Duytslant. Gedaen door Jan Sommer van Middelburgh..., Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1649.

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Jan Somer (c. 1560-1640) came from the Netherlands and was a member of the Benedictine order. He travelled in the East for approximately two years…

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[Panoramic sketch of Athens, ca. 1834.]

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Panoramic views of cities have been a popular subject in illustrations of travel works since the late 15th century. The earliest panoramas were…

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WOENSEL, Pieter van. Aanteekeningen, gehouden op eene reize door Turkijen, Natoliën, de Krim en Rusland, in de jaaren 1784-89, vols I-II, Istanbul, 1206/1209 [1791/1794].

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View the items in WOENSEL, Pieter van. Aanteekeningen, gehouden op eene reize door Turkijen, Natoliën, de Krim en Rusland, in de jaaren 1784-89, vols I-II, Istanbul, 1206/1209 [1791/1794].