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FORTIS, Alberto. Die Sitten der Morlacken, aus dem Italiänischen übersetzt, Bern, bey der typographischen Gesellschaft, 1775.

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The Italian naturalist, geologist, cartographer and poet Alberto Fortis (1741-1803) studied theology, but his main interest was always in natural…

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SOMER, Jan. Somer's Zee en landt reyse, gedaen naer de Levante, als Italien, Candien, Cypres, Egypten, Rhodes, Archipelago, Turckyen, en wederom door Duytslant..., Amsterdam, Jacobus van den Bergh, 1661.

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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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SOMER Jan. Johan Sommers Wasser und Land-reyse gethan nach der Levante, oder Morgen-ländern. Αls Italien, Candien, Cyprus, Egypten, Rhodus, Archipelagus, Türckeyen, ec..., Amsterdam, Christoffel Cunradus, 1664.

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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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View the items in SOMER Jan. Johan Sommers Wasser und Land-reyse gethan nach der Levante, oder Morgen-ländern. Αls Italien, Candien, Cyprus, Egypten, Rhodus, Archipelagus, Türckeyen, ec..., Amsterdam, Christoffel Cunradus, 1664.

TAVERNIER, Jean Baptiste. Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, ecuyer baron d'Aubonne, en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes: pendant l'espace de quarante ans..., Utrecht, Guillaume vande Water, Guillaume & Jacob Poolsum, M.DCC.XII [=1712].

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Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) was Flemish, the son of a map seller. Passionate about travelling, he had visited numerous European countries…

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CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke LL.D. Part the First. Russia Tatary and Turkey, London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810.

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Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) was son of a writer and grandson of an archaeologist. He specialized in mineralogy and became a Doctor of the…

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CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part the second: Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land: Section the third..., London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, MDCCCXVI [=1816].

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Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) was son of a writer and grandson of an archaeologist. He specialized in mineralogy and became a Doctor of the…

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THEVENOT, Jean de. Voyages De Mr. De Thevenot en Europe qu'en Asie & en Afrique, divisez en trois parties contenant cinq tomes..., vols I-V, Amsterdam, Michel Charles le Céne, M. DCC. XXVII. [=1727].

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Jean de Thévenot (1633-1667) was born in France. He travelled to England, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy when he was twenty years old. While in…

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STACKELBERG, Otto Magnus, Baron von. Der Apollotempel zu Bassae in Arcadien und die Daselbst Ausgegrabenen Bildwerke / Dargestellt und Erläutert von O.M. Baron von Stackelberg, Frankfurt, Gedruckt mit Andreäischen Schriften, [1826].

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Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (1787-1837), the fifteenth child in his family, was raised and educated in Estonia. He studied in Germany and Moscow, and…

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PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre. Mascarade à la grecque. D'apres les deseins origineaux tirès du cabinet de Monsieur le Marquis de Felino Premier Ministre de S.A.R..., Parma, MDCCLXXI [=1771].

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The French architect Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (1727-1801) was born in Lyon and died in Parma. Petitot first studied at the Paris Academy of…

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SANDRART, Jacob von. Kurtze und vermehrte Beschreibung von dem Ursprung, Aufnehmen, Gebiete und Regierung der weltberühmten Republik Venedig..., Nuremberg, Sandrart, 1687.

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Jacob von Sandrart (1630-1708) was a German painter and engraver. He started learning the art of printmaking in his uncle’s workshop in Amsterdam,…

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View the items in SANDRART, Jacob von. Kurtze und vermehrte Beschreibung von dem Ursprung, Aufnehmen, Gebiete und Regierung der weltberühmten Republik Venedig..., Nuremberg, Sandrart, 1687.