Castles and fortresses (1371 Subjects)
View of Tunis, Tunisia.
View of Oran, Algeria.
View of the rock of Gibraltar.
View of Tripoli, Libya.
View of Tangier, Morocco.
View of Ceuta, Spanish exclave and today autonomous city at the coast of Northern Africa.
View of Algiers.
View of Safi, Morocco.
View of Tripoli, Lebanon.
View of Aleppo, Syria. Ottoman caravan in the foreground.
The ship on which the author sailed the Mediterranean approaches the port of Famagusta.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
The ship on which the author sailed the Mediterranean approaches the port of Famagusta.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations, however, have showed that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.
Example of Kalmyk settlement.
View of Yerevan, Armenia.
View of the old town of Kandahar, with the fortress of Shah Hussain Hotaki.
Castle at the Black Sea. The author states that he saw this depiction on the reverse of an ancient Greek coin. discovered in the area.
Sarcophagus from Asiatic Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian sea), used as a cistern, at the surroundings of Yeni Kale fortress in Crimea.
The junction of the Bosporus and Black Sea. On the hill, Yoros castle, also known as Genoese castle, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.
View of the catacombs of Alexandria.
Map of Karpathos island.
Map of Crete.
Map of Palmanova, Italy.
Map of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara: 1. Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia). 2. Marmara Sea or Propontis. 3. The islands of Marmara. 4. The position of Gallipoli. 5. Sultaniye castle on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles. 6. The Hellespont. 7,8. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 9. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 10. Ancient remains at the Troad. 11. Mount Ida at the Troad. 12. Simoes river. 13. Istanbul.
View of Heraklion (Chandax).
View of Chania with the Venetian walls.
View of the castles of Kilitbahir (right) and Sültaniye (left) on the European and the Asian shores of the Dardanelles.
View of the castles of Kilitbahir (right) and Sültaniye (left) on the European and the Asian shores of the Dardanelles.