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General outline of the author's route.

Tags: Asia Minor, Cyprus, Egypt, Holy Land, Israel, Jordan (country), Lebanon, Maps, Syria, Travel

Bethlehem to the N.E. with the monastery containing the cave of Nativity to the left.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Holy Land, Judaea, Palestine, Religious practices

Arab exhibiting the feats of a goat.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Bethlehem, Ethnic groups, Goats, Holy Land, Human types, Judaea, Natural environment, Palestine

Entrance to the supposed sepulchre of the Messiah.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Holy Land, Jerusalem, Judaea, Palestine, Religious practices

A new plan of Jerusalem in which some attempt is made to reconcile historical documents with existing phaenomena adapted by the author to his own personal observations on the spot.

Tags: Holy Land, Jerusalem, Judaea, Maps, Palestine, Pilgrimages

Holy Sepulchre as it existed prior to its reparation A.D. 1555.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Holy Land, Jerusalem, Judaea, Palestine, Religious practices

Mount Thabor, as seen from the Plain of Esdraelon.

Tags: Galilee, Holy Land, Israel, Mount Tabor, Mountains, Natural environment, Tents

Lake of Gennesareth, or Sea of Galilee, with the town of Tiberias and the Baths of Emmaus; taken from the western side, looking towards the Country of the Gadarenes.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Galilee, Gennesaret, Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Oysters, Tiberias lake

Lake Tiberias and oyster of type Buccinum Galileum.

Tags: Galilee, Gennesaret, Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Oysters

Nazareth, in the approach from Sephoury.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Galilee, Holy Land, Israel, Nazareth, Religious practices

Byzantine icon found among the ruins of Sepphoris or Diocaesarea (today Tzippori).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Galilee, Holy Land, Icons, Israel, Religious practices, Tzippori / anc. Diocesarea - Sephoris

Grotto at Nazareth said to have been the House of Joseph and Mary.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Galilee, Holy Land, Holy Scripture, Israel, Nazareth, Religious practices

Saint John d'Acre.

Tags: Acre, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Fortifications and fortresses, Holy Land, Israel, Ports, Views

Bay of Acre and the coast of Syria.

Tags: Acre, Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Ports

Medals of Ace and Sidon.

Tags: Acre, Art and antiquities, Coins, Holy Land, Israel, Lebanon, Sidon

Land on the Coast of Syria.

Tags: Boats and ships, Carmel, Holy Land, Israel, Mountains, Natural environment

Silver medal found among the ruins of Citium.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Coins, Cyprus, Larnaca

Inscription in Phoenician on signet found at Larnaca region.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Cyprus, Larnaca, Stamps and signets

Signets bearing letters of the Phoenician alphabet from Larnaca region.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Cyprus, Larnaca, Stamps and signets

Onyx which there is every reason to believe one of the Ptolemies had used as a signet. It contained a very curious monogram, expressing all the letters of the word ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Cyprus, Larnaca, Stamps and signets

Cyprus looming to the N.E. by E. at sunset.

Tags: Cyprus, Natural environment, Views

Rosetta branch of the Nile, from a detailed penciled sketch by an officer showing the situation of the forces previous to the capture of that town.

Tags: Abu Qir / anc. Canopus, Battle of Abu Qir (1801), Egypt, History, Nile river, Rivers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The order of the British corps under the commandment of Captain Lamour during the conquest of Abu Qir (8 March 1801).

Tags: Abu Qir / anc. Canopus, Battle of Abu Qir (1801), Egypt, History, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The order of the British corps at Abu Qir, when they took it over from the French (8 March 1801).

Tags: Abu Qir / anc. Canopus, Battle of Abu Qir (1801), Egypt, History, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Survey of the country between Aboukir & Alexandria in Egypt.

Tags: Abu Qir / anc. Canopus, Alexandria, Egypt, Maps

Portrait of Jean-François, baron de Menou general of the French Army in Egypt under the commandment of Napoleon Bonaparte. De Menou converted into Islam.

Tags: Egypt, Portraits

Inscription from the Lycian Tombs in Makri (today Fethiye).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Inscriptions, Lycia, Turkey

Tomb of Helen, Daughter of Jason at Makri (today Fethiye).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Lycia, Turkey

Plan of the portals of the Theatre at Telmessus (today Fethiye).

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Human types, Lycia, Turkey

Principal portal of the Theatre at Telmessus (today Fethiye).

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Human types, Lycia, Turkey

Remains of the Theatre at Telmessus (today Fethiye) with one of the smaller portals upon the left.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Human types, Lycia, Turkey

View of the gulf of Makri (today Fethiye). In the background Mount Cragus, separating Caria and Lycia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Lycia, Ports, Turkey

View of the medieval city of Rhodes from the sea.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Dodecanese, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ports, Rhodes, Views

Map of the Gulf of Makri (today Fethiye).

Tags: Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Lycia, Maps, Ports, Turkey

Island, bearing W. & by S. called by the Turks Hellika, by the Greeks Telo, or Delo, & laid down in the Charts under the Name of Piscopi, between Rhodes & Stanchio. Point of Rhodes & Table Mountain with the small Isle of Sicklia, lying at the S.E. of the Island of Symi. Carpathos, now Scarpanto, bearing West & by North, from Lat. 35.55. 25 miles from E. Coast of the island or Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Dodecanese, Greece, Karpathos, Plans and drawings, Rhodes, Sesklia, Symi, Tilos, Views

Topographic survey of the ruins of Cnidus showing the isthmus and the two harbours.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Knidos, Maps, Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Turkey

Triopian promontory and the ruins of Cnidus, as they appear at the distance of two leagues; taken from the S.W. looking towards the N.E. in sailing from Cos to Rhodes.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Knidos, Natural environment, Ports, Turkey

Patmos at six leagues distance to the S.W. with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on the Heights.

Tags: Aegean islands, Dodecanese, Greece, Natural environment, Patmos

The Straits of Samos for the South East looking towards the North West.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural environment, Samos

Sigeian promontory (today Kumkale).

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey, Yenişehir / anc. Sigeion

Remains of the Thermae of Herodes Atticus in Alexandria Troas (today Eski Stambul).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Baths, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Human types, Roman monuments, Smoking, Troad, Turkey

Vaulted building at Alexandria Troas (today Eski Stambul) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Troad, Turkey

Remains of an building in the ancient city Skepsis (today Kurşunlutepe) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Inscriptions, Kurşunlutepe / anc. Skepsis, Troad, Turkey

The region around the ancient city Skepsis (today Kurşunlutepe) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Kurşunlutepe / anc. Skepsis, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey

Hot springs near Pınarbaşı, the site traditionally identified with Troy. Those springs are called the forty Eyes.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Pınarbaşı – Ezine, Smoking, Troad, Turkey

Representation of Homerian chariot.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Chariots, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Modes of transport, Troad, Turkey

The putative Tomb of Aias, in the Troad.

Tags: Asia Minor, Burial mounds, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Mysia, Natural environment, Tomb of Aias (Troy), Troad, Turkey

Map of the Troad, on which several tumuli and ancient remains are noted.

Tags: Asia Minor, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Maps, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey

Tumulus of Aesyetes, and Naval Station of the Greeks.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Burial mounds, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey

The Hippodrome of Constantinople with the Obelisk of Theodosius I and Sultan Ahmed I Mosque.

Tags: Animals, Camels, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey

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