Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey

And Other Countries of the East

By:

Robert Walpole

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

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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. This work, first published in 1817 and reissued in its second edition in 1818, consists of extracts from the unpublished papers of J. B. S. Morritt, John Sibthorp, Philip Hunt, J. D. Carlyle and other travellers, with descriptions of antiquities, and notes by the editor. The topics vary considerably and reflect the wide interests of contemporary educated and travelled men at a time when many were extending their Grand Tour to the Eastern Mediterranean. They include discussions of the weakness of the Turkish government, observations on natural history, accounts of Greek Orthodox monastic libraries including those of Mount Athos, and descriptions of Greek pottery and archaeological excavations. The book remains a rich source for scholars from a wide range of disciplines.

Release date Australia

February 2nd, 2012

Author

Robert Walpole

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Plates, black and white; 4 Maps; 3 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

678

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

Dimensions

210x297x35

ISBN-13

9781108044028

Product ID

19570998

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