A Voyage into the Levant

Performed by Command of the Late French King

By:

Joseph Pitton De Tournefort

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Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was originally destined for the church, but his interest in botany led him to become professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris, and to travel all over Europe and beyond in search of interesting specimens. He was chiefly interested in the classification of plants, but is now best remembered for the accounts he wrote of voyages undertaken for the purpose of scientific discovery. This illustrated two-volume work, published posthumously in French in 1717 and translated into English the following year, recounts a journey begun in 1700, around the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, visiting Crete and other Greek islands, Istanbul, Armenia and Georgia. Tournefort notes not only plants, but geographical features, antiquities, the people he encounters, and their way of life, agriculture and industry. Volume 1 begins with a biography of Tournefort, and ends with an account of Constantinople.

Release date NZ

April 28th, 2013

Author

Joseph Pitton De Tournefort

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Translated by John Ozell

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

70 b/w illus.

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

598

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

Dimensions

210x297x31

ISBN-13

9781108075220

Product ID

22189203

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