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: | AUD $173.95 |
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.