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Travels in Northern Greece William Martin Leake

Travels in Northern Greece By William Martin Leake

Travels in Northern Greece by William Martin Leake


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William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar. First published in 1835, these volumes contain Leake's account of four journeys in Greece, mingling accounts of Greek and Turkish culture with descriptions of archaeological sites. Volume 3 contains his third and fourth journeys in 1806-1810.

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Travels in Northern Greece by William Martin Leake

William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar specialising in reconstructing the topography of ancient cities. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. After his retirement in 1815, he devoted the rest of his life to topographical and classical studies. These volumes, first published in 1835, contain Leake's account of his four extensive journeys across Greece between 1804 and 1810. Using the form of a travelogue, Leake discusses the contemporary Greek and Turkish culture and provides detailed descriptions of ancient archaeological sites and geography. Leake's precise observations and detailed descriptions were influential in shaping the study of classical topography, with these volumes providing valuable information for the ancient sites and contemporary culture of the region. Volume 3 recounts his third and fourth journeys in Macedonia and Aetolia.

Table of Contents

22. Third journey. Epirus, Leucas, Ithaca, Cephalenia; 23. Cythera, Aegean islands; 24. Macedonia; 25. Macedonia; 26. Macedonia; 27. Macedonia; 28. Macedonia, Perrhaebia; 29. Thessalia; 30. Macedonia; 31. Macedonia; 32. Fourth journey. Epirus, Acarnania, Aetolia; 33. Aetolia, Acarnania.

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NLS9781108020138
9781108020138
1108020135
Travels in Northern Greece by William Martin Leake
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2010-10-21
616
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