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Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey - And Other Countries of the East (Paperback)
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Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey - And Other Countries of the East (Paperback)
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unpublished papers of J. B. S. Morritt, John Sibthorp, Philip Hunt,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.
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