A Voyage into the Levant - Perform'd by Command of the Late French King (Paperback)

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was originally destined for the church, but his interest in botany led him to become professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris, and to travel all over Europe and beyond in search of interesting specimens. He was chiefly interested in the classification of plants, but is now best remembered for the accounts he wrote of voyages undertaken for the purpose of scientific discovery. This illustrated two-volume work, published posthumously in French in 1717 and translated into English the following year, recounts a journey begun in 1700, around the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, visiting Crete and other Greek islands, Istanbul, Armenia and Georgia. Tournefort notes not only plants, but geographical features, antiquities, the people he encounters, and their way of life, agriculture and industry. Volume 1 begins with a biography of Tournefort, and ends with an account of Constantinople.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor, Volume 1
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Joseph Pitton De Tournefort
Translators:	John Ozell
Dimensions:	298 x 210 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	598
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07522-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-108-07522-3
Barcode:	9781108075220

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