Itinerary of the Morea: Being a Description of the Routes of that Peninsula (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) - Softcover

Gell, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108050816 ISBN 13: 9781108050814

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Classical topographer Sir William Gell (1777-1836) first came to public attention with his Topography of Troy (1804). Based on his travels around Bunarbashi, near to where Schliemann would subsequently excavate, the work (also reissued in this series) became a standard treatise. Byron even wrote: 'Of Dardan tours let dilettanti tell, / I leave topography to classic Gell.' A noted conversationalist and intellectual intermediary, Gell became a Fellow of the Royal Society and, indeed, a Member of the Society of Dilettanti. He also served, in 1803, on a diplomatic mission to the Ionian Islands; his subsequent journey, with the archaeologist Edward Dodwell, through the Peloponnese - then known as the Morea - became the subject of several later books, including this 1817 publication. Comprising a survey of routes through the area, and their natural and archaeological landmarks, it sheds light on both contemporary Greece and the practicalities of early topographical study.

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Book Description:

Classical topographer Sir William Gell (1777-1836) wrote many standard treatises, including his 1804 Topography of Troy (also reissued in this series). This 1817 survey of routes through the Peloponnese, and their natural and archaeological landmarks, sheds light on contemporary Greece and the practicalities of early topographical study.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108050816
• ISBN 13: 9781108050814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270