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Wealthy Ottoman couple in a street market or bazaar in Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Turkey, Women

The entrance of the Imperial armoury, at Tophane.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Houses, Human types, Imperial armoury / Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Tophane, Turkey, Views

Palermo, Sicily.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Italy, Palermo / anc. Panormos, Sicily, Southern Italy, Views, Women

View of the ancient theater of Syracuse, in Sicily.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Animals, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Donkeys, Greek colonies, Houses, Human types, Italy, Ruins, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Theatres, Views

View of the Pyramids at Giza from the quarries of Gebel el-Ahmar, on the Mokattam hills.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Donkeys, Egypt, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian quarries, Giza necropolis, Human types, Mokattam, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Quarries of Gebel el Ahmar, Views

Pompey's Pillar, also known as Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, in Alexandria, Egypt.

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Arabs, Art and antiquities, Carpets, Children, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottomans, Pompey's Pillar / Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, Social sphere and everyday life

Landscape on Mount Uludağ, near Bursa.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bursa, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Natural environment, Smoking, Tents, Turkey, Views

Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.

The Roman Theater of Nicopolis, in Epirus.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Mules, Nicopolis (Epirus), Preveza, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Nicopolis

Panoramic view of Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III. In the background Prince islands.

Panoramic view of the Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the first courtyard of the palace with Hagia Irene on the left. In the background the Gate of Salutation, the Tower of Justice, the Divan and the imperial kitchens.

Panoramic view of Istanbul from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the right part of the Topkapi Palace. In the background the mosques of Sultan Suleiman I and Mehmet II.

View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the left the Fountain of Sultan Ahment III. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I, the Byzantine walls of the city and the Sea of Marmara.

Im. 1: Lizard of the Agamidae species found near Isfahan. 2: Scorpion from Kahan: Claws (aa), jaws (bb),(cc), eyes (dd). Im. 3,4,5,6: Arthropods of the galeodes species. Depiction of the jaws (a).

Tags: Animals, Galeodes, Lizards and skinks, Natural environment, Scorpions

Soft-shell turtle of the species Rafetus euphraticus, killed by Olivier during his crossing of the Euphrates. 1: Upper part of the body 2: Lower part of the body.

Tags: Anah, Animals, Irak, Natural environment, Rafetus euphraticus turtle, Turtles and tortoises

Im. 1: (1 (Α, B, C, D, E): Shrew bones found in the Ibis burials at Saqqara catacombs, Egypt. Im. 2: Bone of rat from same burial. Im. 3 A, B: Butterfly of the Belenois Aurota species, from the coast of Syria. Im. 4 A, B: Butterfly of the Colotis fausta species from the coast of Syria. Im. 5 A, B: Leaden tablet bearing inscription in Greek, from Beirut. Im. 6, 7: Amulets in cylindrical shape made of red jasper (6) and serpentine (7) bought by Olivier in Sanliurfa.

Tags: Animal burials / Ibis catacombs (Saqqara), Animals, Art and antiquities, Butterflies, Charms, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary practices, Inscriptions, Lebanon, Natural environment, Rats, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Saqqara, Syria, Turkey

Shells of crustaceans discovered by Olivier in various places: Lake Mareotis in Egypt (1), Egypt (2), Orontes river (3), outskirts of Beirut (4A, 4B), outskirts of Alexandria (5a, 5b), outskirts of Sanliurfa, modern-day Turkey (8A, 8B), Alexandria (9A,9B), outskirts of Beirut (10A, 10B).

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Beirut, Egypt, Lebanon, Molluscs, Natural environment, Orontes river, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Syria, Turkey

Im. 2: River crab from Egypt and Syria. River crab of the species Potamon potamios, from Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.

Tags: Animals, Crabs, Egypt, Natural environment, Syria

Lizards from Egypt and Mesopotamia. 1: Bridled skink from Egypt (trachylepis vittata/ scincus vittatus). 2: Agama of the species Trapellus agilis or Agama agilis, outskirts of Baghdad. 3: Agama of the species Trapelus ruderatus / Agama ruderata, outskirts of Baghdad.

Tags: Animals, Baghdad, Bridled skink / Bridled Mabuya / Trachylepis vittata – Scincus vittatus, Egypt, Irak, Lizards and skinks, Reptiles (Trapellus agilis - Agama agilis), Reptiles (Trapelus ruderatus - Agama ruderata)

Im. 1: Rodent of the genus Gerbillus gerbillus from Egypt, natural size. A: Snout B: Front leg C: Hind leg. Im. 2: Mole of the genus Talpa, most possibly of the species Talpa caeca, blind or mediterranean mole. As the animal's eyes are covered by folds of skin in contrast to the European mole (Talpa europea), Olivier claimed that this was the real mole (“aspalax” ) spoken of by Aristotle. D: Front of the head.

Tags: Animals, Gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus), Moles and talps (Talpa genus), Natural environment, Talpa caeca

Shells of snails in natural size (a), magnified (b): from Istanbul area (1a, 1b), Crete (2,3,4,5,6,7), Chios (8,9, 11) and Kios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Asia Minor, Chios, Crete, Gastropoda, Gemlik / anc. Kios, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural environment, Snails, Turkey

Im. 2 A, B: Snake of the species Eryx jaculus, subspecies Eryx jaculus turcica from Polyaigos island, Cyclades. Im. 1: Skink of the species Chalcides ocellatus.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Cyclades, Javelin sand boa (Eryx jaculus), Lizards and skinks, Natural environment, Polyaigos island / Polyvos, Reptiles, Snakes

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Human types, Mysia, Natural environment, Ox carts, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy. In the foreground the court of the House of the Ottoman Aga, where the author stayed during his visit.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Camels, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Professions, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Cold spring of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Warm source of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river near the village of Bunarbaşı. In the background the house of the Ottoman Aga, where the author stayed during his visit.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Rivers, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Landscape in the vale of Simoes river, most probably north of today's village Kalafat.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Human types, Kalafat, Mysia, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Simoes river, Troad, Turkey, Views

View from the Eastern side of Alexandria Troas.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Human types, Mysia, Natural environment, Ruins, Troad, Turkey, Views

Ruins of ancient temples in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greek colonies, Italy, Oxen, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Ruins, Southern Italy

View of the ruins of Temple G, probably dedicated to Zeus, in Selinunte, Sicily.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Greek colonies, Human types, Italy, Professions, Ruins, Selinunte, Shepherds, Sicily, Southern Italy, Temple G / Temple of Zeus (Selinunte)

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