Travels in Crete
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- Author: Robert Pashley
- Date Published: June 2012
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Robert Pashley (1805–59) spent 1833–4 exploring Greece and Turkey as a Trinity College, Cambridge Travelling Fellow and contributor to a British survey of the Mediterranean, yet it was the island of Crete that most captivated his attention; his travels there became the subject of this two-volume account, published in 1837. The following year, Pashley's notes, collected artefacts and books were destroyed in a fire, so this work is all that remains from his expedition to the island. Crete at various points in its history had been ruled by Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. At the time of Pashley's arrival it was under Egyptian administration and there were palpable tensions between Christians and Muslims. The lively narrative weaves contemporary observations about Cretans with a discussion of the island's rich history. The second volume also provides an appendix of Venetian manuscripts, and contemporary economic and demographic statistics.
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- Date Published: June 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108050845
- length: 702 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 43 mm
- weight: 1.01kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
1. View of the White Mountains
2. Visit to Haghios Elevtherios
3. From Khania to Palaeokastron near the bay of Sudha
4. Description of the ruins at Palaeokastron
5. Plain of Apokorona
6. Captain Manias
7. Rhithymna
8. Ghazaro
9. Gonies to Tylisso, the site of Tylissos
10. Visit to Mustafa-pasha
11. Visit to the archbishop
12. Population of Megalo-kastron
13. Kastron to Arkhanes
14. Monastery of St George
15. From Sarko to Rhogdhia
16. Events at Rhogdhia during the war
17. Departure from Hierapetra
18. The muezzin's summons to prayer
19. Haghius Dheka
20. Monastery of Asomatos. Volume 2:
21. Statue found at the site of Aptera
22. Departure from Khania
23. Plane trees
24. Site and ruins of Polyrrhenia
25. Islands near Kutri
26. Kamposelorakho to Sklavopula
27. Walk to Suia
28. The site and existing ruins of Hyrtakina
29. The site of Kantanos, near Khadhros
30. Ruins of an ancient tower or sepulchre near Vlithias
31. Visit the site of Kalamyde
32. Departure from Vlithias
33. Mosques in the rural districts of Crete
34. Departure from Laki
35. Wine of Askyfo
36. Costume of the Cretan women somewhat changed since Tournefort's time
37. The appearance, in Sfakia, of a saint or prophet, who worked miracles
38. Ancient and modern costume of the Cretans
39. Haghia Rumeli to Samaria
Historical appendix
Statistical appendix.
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