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Webster J. Travels through the Crimea, Turkey and Egypt, performed during the years 1825 – 1828.

Webster J. Travels through the Crimea, Turkey and Egypt, performed during the years 1825 – 1828. – London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, vol. 1 = 212 + 162 p.; vol. 2 = 8 + 434 p.

Language of edition: english

Historical period: 1825 – 1828

V. 1

Early printed Webster notes from a trip to France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Germany (p. 1 – 212).

1. Trieste – Vienna.

2. Description of Vienna. Trip to Preshburha. Moravia – Silesia – Cracow (08/19/1825).

3. Krakow – Wieliczka – Lviv (Aug 26) – Brody – police arbitrariness on the border [Russia] – Yampil – ignorance of the clergy – Tulchin – Odessa.

4. Odessa – Simferopol – Sables – Alushta – Tatar customs – Chater-Dag.

5. Kuchuk Lambat – Nikita – Alupka – Balaklava – Monastery St. George – Inkerman – Sevastopol.

6. Ruins of Chersonese – Bakhchisaray – Calais.

7. Simferopol – the Russians did not pay attention to the antiquites found in the Crimea – Knut punishment – Nikolaev – Odessa – tyranny passport officials – sailing to Constantinople.

8 – 10. Constantinople.

11. Departure of Constantinople – Smyrna – Alexandria.

T. 2

1. Alexandria – Cairo – Heliopolis.

2 – 5. The current state of Egypt.

6 – 8. The current state of Arabia.

9. A trip to Cairo at the top Yehypte.

10. Luxor – Fillet – Nile rapids.

11. Edfu – Thebes – Carnac – Dendera – return to Cairo.

12. The Sinai Peninsula.

13. Considerations of Egypt. Sicily and Malta.

Annex: last illness of Alexander and full description of Russian Conspiracy 1825.

Categories

Author: Webster James

Subjects (4): Countries in Africa, Memoirs of 1784 – 1916, Travels in Crimea in late 18 – 19 cent., Turkey