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A voyage into the Levant ... Containing the ancient and modern state of the islands of the Archipelago; as also of Constantinople, the coasts of the Black Sea, Armenia, Georgia, the frontiers of Persia, and Asia Minor. With plans of the principal towns and places of note; an account of the genius, manners, trade, and religion of the respective people ... and an explanation of variety of medals and antique monuments ... / By M. Tournefort ... To which is prefixed the author's life, in a letter to M. Begon [by P.J.B. Lauthier]: ... as also his elogium, pronounc'd by M. Fontenelle ... Adorn'd with an accurate map of the author's travels, not in the French edition.

  • Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708.
Date:
1741
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Credit: A voyage into the Levant ... Containing the ancient and modern state of the islands of the Archipelago; as also of Constantinople, the coasts of the Black Sea, Armenia, Georgia, the frontiers of Persia, and Asia Minor. With plans of the principal towns and places of note; an account of the genius, manners, trade, and religion of the respective people ... and an explanation of variety of medals and antique monuments ... / By M. Tournefort ... To which is prefixed the author's life, in a letter to M. Begon [by P.J.B. Lauthier]: ... as also his elogium, pronounc'd by M. Fontenelle ... Adorn'd with an accurate map of the author's travels, not in the French edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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