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Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt : During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801 in Company with the Turkish Army and the British Military Mission / William Wittman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiraz Historic Travels ArchivePublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (684 p.) : 24Content type:
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  • 9781593337247
  • 9781463213411
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Frontmatter -- About the Author -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER I. Military Mission appointed to proceed to Turkey -- CHAPTER II. Visit to Pera. Captain Franklin returns to England -- CHAPTER III. Removal to Buvukdere. Description of that village -- CHAPTER IV. Visit to Levant Chiflick, in compliance with the orders of the Grand Seignor -- CHAPTER V. Departure from Constantinople. Voyage to Chennecally -- CHAPTER VI. Reception at Constantinople -- CHAPTER VII. The Mission set sail from Constantinople ; anchor at Prince's Iilands -- CHAPTER VIII. Junction with the Grand Vizier -- CHAPTER IX. Progress through the Holy Land -- CHAPTER X. Irregularities in the Turkish camp -- CHAPTER XI. The army of the Grand Vizier -- CHAPTER XII. Page Narrative returned. Breaking up of the camp at Jaffa -- CHAPTER XIII. Excursion to the pyramids of Giza -- CHAPTER XIV. Excursion to Old Cairo -- CHAPTER XV. Description of Grand Cairo -- CHAPTER XVI. Arrest of the Mameluke Beys -- CHAPTER XVII. Plague breaks out in the buildings occupied by the British Mission -- CHAPTER XVIII. Voyage on. the Nile from Cairo to Rosetta -- CHAPTER XIX. Departure for Constantinople. Stormy weather -- CHAPTER XX. Appearance and dress of the Greek women of the island of Scio -- CHAPTER XXI. Embarkation at Buyukdere -- CHAPTER XXII. Journey through Germany. Lintz -- ADVERTISEMENT -- APPENDIX -- ON OPHTHALMIA -- INDEX
Summary: A historic travelogue with an eye toward the medical conditions encountered along the way, this rare book sheds light on western Asia from a unique vantage-point. Wittman describes his journey through Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, noting along the way the diseases suffered by the residents, and brings the world of ancient western Asia to life through his vivid writing.
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Frontmatter -- About the Author -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER I. Military Mission appointed to proceed to Turkey -- CHAPTER II. Visit to Pera. Captain Franklin returns to England -- CHAPTER III. Removal to Buvukdere. Description of that village -- CHAPTER IV. Visit to Levant Chiflick, in compliance with the orders of the Grand Seignor -- CHAPTER V. Departure from Constantinople. Voyage to Chennecally -- CHAPTER VI. Reception at Constantinople -- CHAPTER VII. The Mission set sail from Constantinople ; anchor at Prince's Iilands -- CHAPTER VIII. Junction with the Grand Vizier -- CHAPTER IX. Progress through the Holy Land -- CHAPTER X. Irregularities in the Turkish camp -- CHAPTER XI. The army of the Grand Vizier -- CHAPTER XII. Page Narrative returned. Breaking up of the camp at Jaffa -- CHAPTER XIII. Excursion to the pyramids of Giza -- CHAPTER XIV. Excursion to Old Cairo -- CHAPTER XV. Description of Grand Cairo -- CHAPTER XVI. Arrest of the Mameluke Beys -- CHAPTER XVII. Plague breaks out in the buildings occupied by the British Mission -- CHAPTER XVIII. Voyage on. the Nile from Cairo to Rosetta -- CHAPTER XIX. Departure for Constantinople. Stormy weather -- CHAPTER XX. Appearance and dress of the Greek women of the island of Scio -- CHAPTER XXI. Embarkation at Buyukdere -- CHAPTER XXII. Journey through Germany. Lintz -- ADVERTISEMENT -- APPENDIX -- ON OPHTHALMIA -- INDEX

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A historic travelogue with an eye toward the medical conditions encountered along the way, this rare book sheds light on western Asia from a unique vantage-point. Wittman describes his journey through Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, noting along the way the diseases suffered by the residents, and brings the world of ancient western Asia to life through his vivid writing.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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