Travels in Various Countries of the East : Being a Continuation of Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, Etc Paperback / softback
Edited by Robert Walpole
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor series
Paperback / softback
Description
Robert Walpole (1781–1856), great-nephew and namesake of Britain's first prime minister, was a classical scholar and clergyman.
After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, he visited Greece and the Middle East.
In 1817 he published Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey (also reissued in this series), extracts from the unpublished papers of various travellers and antiquaries, and it was so well received that he produced this continuation in 1820.
It consists of extracts from the unpublished papers of, among others, W.
M. Leake and John Sibthorp, with descriptions of antiquities, and notes by the editor.
The topics covered vary considerably and reflect the wide interests of contemporary educated gentlemen: they include travel journals, observations on natural history, inscriptions from Egyptian monuments discovered by Belzoni, and C.
R. Cockerell's views on the Labyrinth of Minos. The book remains a rich source for scholars from a wide range of disciplines.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:666 pages, 10 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781108043915
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:666 pages, 10 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/02/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108043915
