Thomas Smart Hughes

Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania 2 Volume Set

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1820, this illustrated two-volume account traces a two-year trip through Spain, Sicily, Greece, Albania and Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 988
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 175mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1719g
• ISBN-13: 9781108077569
• ISBN-10: 1108077560
• Artikelnr.: 41611658

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: 1. Arrival in Sicily
2. Journey to Syracuse
3. Site of Acradina
4. Catania and Messina
5. View of the city of Zante
6. Patras to Argos
7. Argos and Tiryns
8. Journey to Athens
9. Walk in Athens
10. Excursions from Athens
11. Thebes and Livadia
12. Delphi
13. From Delphi to Prevesa
14. Prevesa and Nicopolis
15. Arta and Ioannina
16. Visit to the Vizir in the fortress
17. Departure for an excursion into Thesprotia
A dissertation on the Oracle of Dodona Samuel Butler. Volume 2: 1. A history of Ioannina and its present condition
2. Marriage ceremonies
3. Invitation to a grand entertainment by the Vizir
4. Turkish society
5. Ali Pasha's early history
6. Ali's policy with regard to foreign powers and his own government
7. The siege of Suli
8. Ali endeavours to gain Parga
9. Excursion to the north of Albania
10. From Argyro-Castro to Berat
11. From Berat to Ioannina
12. Glyky and the Suliot mountains
13. From Suli to Prevesa and Santa Maura
14. Parga, Paxo and the coast of Epirus
15. Departure for Naples, arrival in England
Appendix.