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An English Consul in Turkey - Paul Rycaut at Smyrna 1667-1678 (Hardcover)
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An English Consul in Turkey - Paul Rycaut at Smyrna 1667-1678 (Hardcover)
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The author and diplomat Sir Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) was the leading
authority of his day on the Ottoman Empire. This biographical study
draws on a wide range of source material to reconstruct for the
first time his varied literary and official career. It also
provides a lively account of the English community at Smyrna during
the eleven years of his consulship there. Rycaut's seventeen years
in Turkey were followed by a brief spell as chief secretary in
Ireland under James II, and eleven years as British resident at the
Hanse Towns for William and Mary. The main focus of the book,
however, is on his consulship at Smyrna, the most important centre
of English trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Sonia Anderson
explores the social backgrounds and varying fortunes of the
resident merchants, factory officials, and visiting sea-captains,
and examines the economic reasons for the success of this outpost
of Restoration enterprise.
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