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Thrace

Thrace is normally considered as the area defined by the Aegean sea, the Hellespont, the Marmara sea, the Bosphorus, the Black Sea, and the inland down to the valley north of Mount Rodope. However, the geographic definition of Thrace has varied throughout history.

In the modern age, the geographical area of Thrace, which includes western, modern-day Greek Thrace as well as part of Turkey and Bulgaria, has been an extremely important region due to its position, as two of the major cities of the Ottoman empire were situated in the area, and the third most important city, Thessaloniki, is also very close to Thrace.

In addition, Thrace possessed a dense network which connected the provinces of the Ottoman Empire to Istanbul and allowed the transportation of armies, people and merchandise. Consequently, the vast majority of travellers crossed Thrace during their journeys to and from Istanbul.

The illustrations related to Thrace found in travel works – drawings, sketches, views of cities, monuments and antiquities - generally cover the areas of eastern and northern Thrace, while an extremely limited number shows subjects from western Thrace.

As Thrace includes the western part of the Dardanelles, as well as Istanbul and the European coast of the Bosphorus, there is in fact a vast corpus of illustrations related to this region.

1420 Buondelmonti, Cr.

1493 Schedel, H.

1513 Adelphus, J.A.M.

1544 Maurand, J.

1547  Bordone, B.

1553 Coecke van Aelst, P.

1554  Belon, P.

1556 Thevet, An.

1559 Lorichs, M.

1574 Camocio, G.Fr.

1580 Nicolay, N.  De

1598 Rosaccio, G.

1598 / 1859 Vecellio, C.

1608 Schweigger, S.

1612  Breuning von Buchenbach, H.J.

1615 Sandys, G.

1615  Beauvau, H. de

1617 Moryson, F.

1620 Porcacchi, T.

1620  Busbecq, O.Gh. de

1624  Deshayes, L. (Baron de Courmenin)

1632 Chalcocondyles, L.

1648; De La Chapelle, G.

1660 Laurenberg, J.

1664  Busbecq, O.Gh. de

1664  Busbecq, O.Gh. de

1664 Somer, J.

1665-66 Monconys B. de

1670 Rycaut, P.

1678 Spon, J.

1680 Grelot, G.J.

1681 Marsili, L.F.

1682 Wheler, G.

1686 Enderlin, J.

1686 Sandrart, J. Von

1686 Peeters, J.

1687 Randolph, B.

1687 Sandrart, J.

1688 Dapper, Ol. (“Archipel”)

1689 Randolph, B.

1689 Spon, J.

1690 Peeters, J.

1691 Enderlin, J.

1694 Du Mont, J. (Baron de Carlscroon]

1707 Fanelli, Fr.

1712 Lucas, P.

1712 Tavernier, J.B.

1714 Bruyn, C. de

1714 Van Mour, J.B.

1717 Tournefort, J. Pitton de

1720 Lucas P.

1722 Covel, J.

1727 Thevenot, J.

1727 La Mottraye, A. de

1729 Gilles, P.

1743 - 45 Pococke, R.

1745 - 46 Guer, J.An.

1751-52 Dalton, R.

1752 Thompson, Ch.

1759 Egmont, J.A. van / Heymann, J.

1769 Calvert, Fr. (Βaron Βaltimore)

1771 Kleemann, N.Er.

1771 Seller, J.

1780 Probst, G. B.

1780 Recueil des differents costumes...

1780 Chanlaire P. G.

1783 Guys, P.A.

1789 Craven, El.

1790 Moreno, J.

1791-94 Woensel, P. van

1794 Comidas de Carbognano, C.

1799  Dallaway, J.


1813 - 14 Clarke, Ed.D.

1800 Lechevalier, J.B.

1800 Hunglinger von Yngne, A.M.

1801 Olivier, G.An.

1803 Wittman, W.

1804 Dalvimart, Oc.

1804 Roux, J.

1805 Griffiths, J.

1809 Choiseul-Gouffier, M.G.F.A. (comte de)

1810 Mayer L.

1811 Castellan, An.L.

1813 Hobhouse, J.C. (Lord Broughton)

1816 Clarke, Ed.D.

1817 Tancoigne, J.M.

1819 Melling, An.Ig.

1820 D'Ohsson, Ig.

1822 Choiseul-Gouffier, M.G.F.A. (comte de)

1825 Dupré, L.

1826 Stackelberg, O.M. von

1827 Eyriès, J.B.B.

1828 Andréossy, A.-F.

1828 Walsh, R.

1829 Frankland,  Ch.Col.

1829 Album containing 77 original watercolour drawings

1829 Macfarlane, Ch.

1829-32, 1833-35 Peytier, Eug.

1832  Barthélemy, J.J.

1833-34 Le Blanc, T.

1834 Sayger, C. & Desarnod, A.J.

1836-38 Walsh, R./Allom, Th.

1837 Hervé, Fr.

1838 Lewis, J.Fr.

1838 Pardoe, Julia

1839 Pardoe, Julia

1839 Wrangler, L.

1839 Fellows, Ch.

1839 Marchebeus, –.

1841 Burr A. M.

1842-1885 /1984  Album

1842-1885 /1984  Album

1843  Allan, J.H.

1847 Rogier, C.

1850 c. Schranz, J.

1852 Fossati Gas.

1853 Flandin, E.

1855-60 J. Brindesi

1855 Montani P.

1857 Godart-Faultier, V.

1860 Album zur Erinnerung an Constantinopel
 
1864 Texier, Ch.F.M.

1866 Bedford Fr

1867 Rey, Et.

1870 c.  Berggren, G.G.

1883  De Amicis, Ed.

1896 Beauregard, J. de  

1897 Canaye, Ph. du Fresne

1913  Barth, H.

1915 Launay, L. de


1919  Banse, Ew.

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Written by Ioli Vingopoulou