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WALSH, Robert/ALLOM, Thomas. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor illustrated…, With an historical Account of Constantinople, and Descriptions of the Plates…, London/Paris, Fisher, Son & Co. [1836-38].
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Robert Walsh (1772-1852) was an Irish priest who was resident in Constantinople as a chaplain to Lord Strangford's Embassy from 1821 to 1824 and from…
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STADEMANN, August Ferdinand. Panorama von Athen. An Ort und Stelle aufgenommen und herausgegeben von Ferdinand Stademann… Mannheim 1841.
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August Ferdinand Stademann (1791-1873) was born in Berlin and from 1810 onwards lived in Bavaria. In 1832 he came to Greece as administrative advisor…
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Chrysanthus of Bursa. Προσκυνητάριον τῆς Ἁγίας Πόλεως Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ Πάσης Παλαιστίνης [Proskynetarion [Pilgrim’s Guide] of Jerusalem and Palestine.] Vienna, Schrämbl, 1807.
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"Proskynetaria" (Pilgrim Guides to the Holy Land) were widely used guides to pilgrim sites, which in a certain way delineated the itinerary of the…
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THEVET, André. Cosmographie de Levant par F. André Thevet d’Angoulême. Revue et augmentée de plusieurs figures, Lyon, Jean Tournes et Guil.Gazeau, 1556.
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The French geographer and author André Thevet (1516-1590) was born in Angoulême and died in Paris. In early life he was compelled to enter a…
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MARCHEBEUS, –. Voyage de Paris à Constantinople par bateau à vapeur. Nouvel itinéraire orné d’une carte et de cinquante vues et vignettes sur acier…, Paris, A. Bertrand, 1839.
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The use of steam-powered transport marks the transition from wandering travellers to mobile tourists. The first steam yacht majestically entered…
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DE AMICIS, Edmondo. Constantinople ouvrage traduit de l’Italien avec l’autorisation de l’Auteur par Mme J. Colomb et illustré de 183 dessins pris sur nature par C. Biseo, Paris, Hachette, 1883.
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Εdmondo De Amicis (1846-1908) was an Italian journalist and prolific writer. He initially embarked on a military career. After the great success of…
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DALTON, Richard. [Antiquities and Views and Greece and Egypt], [London, for Richard Dalton, 1751-1752.]
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Richard Dalton was Librarian to the King of England, a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts and an engraver. He travelled to the East in 1749…
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PEYTIER, Eugène. Liberated Greece and the Morea Scientific Expedition. The Peytier Album in the Stephen Vagliano Collection, Athens, National Bank of Greece, 1971.
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Jean-Pierre-Eugène-Félicien Peytier (1793-1864) was a French engineer and Army officer. He entered the Polytechnic School in 1811 and the corps of…
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FALLS, Cyril Bentham. Military Operations Macedonia from the Οutbreak of War to the Spring of 1917. [… From the Spring of 1917 to the End of the War.], vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, HMSO, 1933-35.
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Cyril Bentham Falls (1888-1971), Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, was a British military historian. He was born in Dublin…
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SCHWEIGER LERCHENFELD, Amand von. Griechenland in Wort und Bild.…, Leipsig/Kettwig, 1887/1992.
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The Austrian officer and author Amand Schweiger Lerchenfeld (1846-1910) was born in Vienna. After graduating from the Wiener Neustadt Military…
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