A Voyage into the Levant 2 Volume Set Perform'd by Command of the Late French King |
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| Author:
| Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de |
| Translator:
| Ozell, John |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-07524-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | USD $149.00 |
Book Description:
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This illustrated two-volume work, published in French in 1717 and translated into English in 1718, recounts a journey undertaken in 1700 by botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) around the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It provides fascinating insights into areas then little known in western Europe.
This illustrated two-volume work, published in French in 1717 and translated into English in 1718, recounts a journey undertaken in 1700 by botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) around the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It provides fascinating insights into areas then little known in western Europe.