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View of Izmir with Pagos castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Ports, Turkey, Views

View of Antalya, Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Attaleia / Antalya, Boats and ships, Castle of Antalya (Kaleici), Castles and fortresses, Fishing, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Walls

View of the castles of Kilitbahir (right) and Sültaniye (left) on the European and the Asian shores of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views, Windmills

View of the castles of Kilitbahir (right) and Sültaniye (left) on the European and the Asian shores of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Human types, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views

View of the castles of Kilitbahir (right) and Sültaniye (left) on the European and the Asian shores of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Maps, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Windmills

Map of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara: 1. Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia). 2. Marmara Sea or Propontis. 3. The islands of Marmara. 4. The position of Gallipoli. 5. Sultaniye castle on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles. 6. The Hellespont. 7,8. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 9. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 10. Ancient remains at the Troad. 11. Mount Ida at the Troad. 12. Simoes river. 13. Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Fortresses of the Dardanelles, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Island of Marmara / Marmara Adası / anc. Proconnesos, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mount Ida / Kazdağı (Turkey), Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Simoes river, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Troad, Turkey, Views

View of Istanbul. 1. Heptapyrgion or Yedikule castle 3. Fenerbahçe quarter. 4. Port of Kadiköy. 5-6. Scutari palace. 7. Tower of Leander. 8. Port of Scutari. 9.10 Tophane quarter and street market. 11. Galata and Pera district. 12. Shipyards of Kasımpaşa. 13. New Mosque (Mosque of Valide Sultan) 14. Palace of Porphyrogenitus.

Syrto from Istanbul. Score of religious hymn.

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Syrtos dance, Turkey

Different versions of syrtos dance.

Tags: Cultural activities, Greece, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Syrtos dance, Turkey

Song in honour of Sultan Selim (not specified which of the Sultans named Selim).

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Thrace, Turkey

Two different versions of Greek love song from Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Cultural activities, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Music, Musical scores, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Turkey

Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, History, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Muslim funeral in Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman cemeteries, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Scene at a bath, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople

Frontispiece with themes related to the author's journey.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Frontispieces, Human types, Maps, Travel, Turkey

Map showing the itinerary of Edward Daniel Clarke.

Tags: Bulgaria, Edward Daniel Clarke, Greece, Maps, Travel, Turkey

View of the Sea of Marmara and Bosporus.

Tags: Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Thrace, Turkey

Topographic map of Istanbul.

Tags: Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Stem and flower of plant of the genus Veronica , discovered by the author during his tour of Aemus Mons.

Tags: Balkan Mountains / Aemus Mons, Bulgaria, Greece, Mountains, Natural environment, Turkey

Signet from Istanbul: the flight of Aeneas from Troy.

Tags: Aeneas, Art and antiquities, Istanbul, Mythology, Stamps and signets, Thrace, Turkey

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the central nave looking towards the entrance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the entrance looking towards the altar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the northwest.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The sea of Marmara seen from the window of author's inn at Tekirdag (Raidestos).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Inns, Marmara sea / Propontis, Tekirdağ / Raidestos / anc. Bisanthe or Rhaedestus, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Burial mound at Develi, eastern Thrace.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Burial mounds, Develi, Funerary monuments, Natural environment, Thrace, Turkey

The junction of the Bosporus and Black Sea. On the hill, Yoros castle, also known as Genoese castle, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

View of the port of İğneada, north of Istanbul, at the Black Sea.

Tags: Black Sea, İğneada, Maps, Ports, Thrace, Turkey

Quranic inscription.

Tags: Inscriptions, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Turkey

Example of Kalmyk settlement.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Azerbaijan, Castles and fortresses, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kalmyk people, Kalmykia, Maps, Russia, Turkey

Ottoman document. On the bottom right, the seal of the Ottoman minister of the Exterior, and an interpretation of the seal's symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Istanbul, Ottoman imperial signets and seals, Ottoman officials, Seals, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Whirling dervish of the Mevlevi order.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervish orders, Dervishes, Human types, Istanbul, Mevlevi order, Prayer, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Map of Istanbul.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Istanbul, Maps, Ottoman palaces, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Map of the Bosporus.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Map of the European part of Istanbul.

Tags: Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

View of Sinop at the Black Sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Houses, Mosques, Sinop / anc. Sinope, Turkey, Views

Silhouette portrait of a man, possibly the traveller Count Louis-François de Ferrières-Sauveboeuf. Excerpt from aria written for male voice.

Tags: Louis-François de Ferrières-Sauveboeuf, Music, Musical scores, Portraits, Turkey

Score of Turkish traditional music.

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Musical scores, Thrace, Turkey

View of Seraglio Point from the embassy of the Netherlands at Pera district.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople

Ottomans carry slaves (war prisoners) to Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman soldiers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Torture, Turkey, Turks

Kilitbahir castle (left) and Sultaniye castle (right), on the European and Asian coasts of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Human types, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views

Kilitbahir castle (left) and Sultaniye castle (right), on the European and Asian coasts of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views, Windmills

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