Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia 2 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology)

Brief Description:
Reprint. Originally published: London: John W. Parker, West Strand, 1842.

Brief Description:
A two-volume account of an 1839 expedition through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, published in 1842.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Suburb of Constantinople; 2. Ismid; 3. The hero's stone; 4. The hollow rock; 5. Upland of Iflani; 6. Virgin's castle; 7. Town of Osmanjik; 8. Town of Changri; 9. A French instructor of cavalry; 10. Quit Angora; 11. Deserted mines and foxes; 12. Utch Ayak; 13. Christians of Nev Shehr; 14. Koch Hisar; 15. Iron village; 16. Kaiseriyeh; 17. Viran Shehr; 18. Start from Derendah; 19. Passage of the Taurus; 20. Vale of Gergen Kafehsi; 21. Retrospective; 22. Town of Birehjik; 23. Prisoners of water; 24. Position of the Turks turned by the enemy; 25. Line of retreat. Volume 2: 26. Roads rendered dangerous by the revolted Kurds; 27. Journey from Sivas to Tokat; 28. Start from Amasiyeh; 29. Delay at Constantinople; 30. Seyyid el Ghazi; 31. Misis, ancient Mopsuestia; 32. Journey across northern Mesopotamia; 33. City of Mosul; 34. Start for Al Hadhr; 35. Reception by the Shammar Arabs; 36. Start for Kurdistan; 37. Fortress of Amadiyeh; 38. Approach to the Tiyari country; 39. Berdizawi; 40. The Chaldeans as a nation; 41. Chaldeans not papists; 42. Start from Julamerik; 43. Start from Urimiyeh; 44. Town of Rowandiz; 45. Chaldean village of Al Kosh; 46. Castle of Konakti; 47. Collision with the Kurds; 48. Armenians of the district of Mush; 49. City of Erzrum.

Marc Notes:
A two-volume account of an 1839 expedition through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, originally published in 1842.