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View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.

The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.

View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.

Tags: Animals, Antoine Ignace Melling, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Abdülmecid (Büyük Mecidiye Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Writers

Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Shiraz (Şiraz)

View of Aplunari, hill close to the Temple of Aphrodite and the port of Avlemonas (or Kastri) on Cythera.

Tags: Ancient gods / deities, Ancient temples, Aphrodite, Art and antiquities, Avlemonas / Kastri / Agios Nikolaos (Cythera), Boats and ships, Cythera, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Ruins, Temple of Aphrodite (Cythera), Views

West European travelers are resting at the ruins of an ancient building in Messenia.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Horses, Human types, Messenia, Natural environment, Nobility, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Orthodox priest guides a gentleman of west European origin into the interior section of a rock-cut mausoleum in Palaiopolis, Cythera.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cythera, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Mausoleums, Palaiopolis (Cythera), Social sphere and everyday life

Interior view of the Yerebatan Cistern, Istanbul. In the foreground two Ottomans are measuring the length of the site. On the background two west Europeans admiring the cistern.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey

The remains of the Temple of Priapus at Lampsacus (today Lapseki).

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Lapseki / anc. Lampsacus, Mysia, Nobility, Ottomans, Ruins, Smoking, Temple of Priapus (Lampsacus), Turkey

View of the Erechtheion. Workmen excavating to reveal the base of the prostasis underneath the Caryatids. Ottoman official Dizdar Aǧa is leaning on his son-in-law's shoulder while two other Ottomans are supervising the excavations in order to keep him informed and to ensure that the British are not carrying away the archaeological findings. On the foreground a man, probably James Stuart, drawing the monument.

The author and a sailor at the bow of their boat.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclades, Europeans, Greece, Human types, Sailors, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Writers

Part of the fortifications of Nea Plevrona, also known as Kyra – Rini castle.

Tags: Aetolia and Acarnania, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Author portraits, Castle of Kyra Rini (Mesolonghi), Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Missolonghi, Nea Plevrona, Ruins, Walls

Fund reaising for the Greek cause.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Europeans, Greece, Greek War of Independence, History, Philhellenism, Women

The Erechtheion. Engraving from the edition of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Europeans, Greece, Human types

Stademann drawing the panorama of Athens from the Hill of the Nymphs.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Author portraits, Central Greece, Children, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Human types, Inscriptions, Nymphs Hill, Painters / Engravers, Views

Entrance to the Pyramid of Cheops at Giza.

Tags: Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian architecture, Egyptian monuments, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Giza necropolis, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Egypt, Pyramid of Cheops (Giza), Pyramids

Pompey's Pillar, shewing the mode by which some English Sailors first gained an ascent to the capital of the Column.

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, British, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Muslims

The head of Ali Pasha exhibited at the court of Topkapi Palace.

Tags: Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, History, Istanbul, Ottomans, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey

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