Travels in Various Countries of the East: Being a Continuation of Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, Etc

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Travels in Various Countries of the East

Being a Continuation of Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, Etc

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In 1817 he published Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey (also reissued in this series), extracts from the unpublished papers of various travellers and antiquaries, and it was so well received that he produced this continuation in 1820. It consists of extracts from the unpublished papers of, among others, W. M. Leake and John Sibthorp, with descriptions of antiquities, and notes by the editor.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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Travels in Various Countries of the East

Being a Continuation of Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, Etc

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Frontmatter
pp i-i

Map
pp ii-ii

Travels in Various Countries of the East
pp iii-iii

PERFACE
pp iv-xv

Contents
pp xvi-xxiii

Directions to the Binder for Placing the Plates, &c
pp xxiv-xxv

I - On the Tar Springs of Zante (communicated by Mr. Hawkins)
pp 1-6

II - Voyage in the Grecian Seas
pp 7-43

III - Discovery of the Remains of the Acropolis of Patmos (from the Journals of Mr. Whittington)
pp 43-45

IV - Second Voyage in the Grecian Seas (from the Papers of the late Dr.Sibthorp)
pp 46-54

V - Lemnos (from the Journals of Dr. Hunt)
pp 54-63

VI - Continuation of Sibthorp's Journal
pp 63-75

VII - Journal relating to Parts of the ancient Elis, Arcadia, Argolis, Laconia, Messenia, and the Islands on the Western Shores of Greece (from the same)
pp 75-106

VIII - Journey from Constantinople through Asia Minor, in the Year 1802 (from the Papers of the late William George Browne, Esq.)
pp 106-148

IX - Miscellaneous Remarks written at Constantinople, 1802. (from the Papers of Mr. Browne)
pp 148-162

X - Biographical Memoir of Mr. Browne
pp 162-176

XI - Letter from Mr. Browne to the late Smithson Tennant, Esq., dated Tabriz (on the frontiers of Persia), July 16. 1813
pp 176-176

XII - Prices of Commodities at Smyrna in the Years I78O, 1790, 1800, and 1812, procured by Mr. Browne, at the desire of Mr. Tennant
pp 177-184

XIII - Journey through some Provinces of Asia Minor in the Year 1800. (communicated by Lieut. Col. Leake)
pp 185-245

XIV - Extracts from the Journals of Dr. Hume relating to Parts of Cyprus; and a Description of the Bay of Marmorice, on the Coast of Caramania
pp 246-264

XV - Remarks on the antient and modern Geography of Parts of Asia Minor (communicated by Col. Leake)
pp 264-280

XVI - Some particulars respecting the Police of Constantinople (communicated by Mr. Hawkins)
pp 281-284

XVII - An Account of the Discovery of a very antient Temple on Mount Ocha, in Eubœa (from the same)
pp 285-293

XVIII - Travels through Part of the antient Coele Syria, and Syria Salutaris (from the Papers of the late Lieut. Col. Squire)
pp 293-352

XIX - Letter to the Editor on a remarkable Egyptian Bas-relief inscribed with Greek Characters; together with a Postscript, containing some Observations upon other Egyptian Antiquities. By Edward Daniel Clarke, L.L.D
pp 353-361

XX - Journey from Suez to Mount Sinai (communicated by J. N. Fazakerley, Esq. M. P.)
pp 362-391

XXI - On a Law of Custom which is peculiar to the Islands of the Archipelago (communicated by Mr. Hawkins)
pp 392-402

XXII - On the Labyrinth of Crete (communicated by Mr. Cockerell)
pp 402-409

XXIII - On the Sculptures of the Parthenon (communicated by Mr. Wilkins)
pp 409-419

XXIV - Notice of some remarkable Monuments of Antiquity discovered on the Site of the ancient Susa in Persia
pp 420-431

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