Ride Through Asia Minor and Armenia - Giving a Sketch of Characters, Manners, Customs of Both Mussulman

Civil engineer Henry Barkley's 1891 account of his journey from Bucharest, via Istanbul, to Trabzon on the Black Sea.

Sommario

1. Bucharest; 2. Constantinople; 3. Hotel at Brusa; 4. The gallows-tree; 5. Zaptiehs; 6. Camels; 7. Circassians from Bulgaria; 8. Departure from Kimas; 9. Sand-grouse; 10. Angora; 11. Country houses; 12. Disobedient Yuzgat; 13. Kur-Shehr; 14. Sixty brothers; 15. Products of the district of Kaisarieh; 16. A highway to the east; 17. Adana; 18. Yilan Kalé (Smoke Castle); 19. Up the Giaour Dagh; 20. American hospitality; 21. A trout stream; 22. Native visitors; 23. Camels at supper; 24. The Indian telegraph; 25. The Aleppo Button; 26. A good chausée; 27. Visitors; 28. Adepsis; 29. Erzingan; 30. The Trebizond Erzeroom Road.

Riassunto

Published in 1891, this book recounts the author's adventures on a journey in 1878 that took him from Bucharest, through Asia Minor and back to Trabzon on the Black Sea coast. He describes the habits and customs of Christian and Muslim communities that he encounters on the way.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henry C. Barkley, Barkley Henry C.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108037570
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03757-0
• Pagine: 366
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Middle East / Turkey, TRAVEL / Former Soviet Republics, Armenia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Turkey, Classic Travel Writing