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Carved tombs in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Fig. 1. Rock-cut mausoleum in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor. Fig. 2. Lanscape at the Gulf of Saint Paul, in Lindos (Rhodes).

The entrance of the Ulu Mosque in Bursa. In the background Mount Uludağ.

Interior view of the Ulu Mosque in Bursa.

View of the Silk Market of Bursa.

Map of Italy and eastern Mediterranean, upon which the route of the author is noted.

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the ancient city Thymbra (today Hissarlik), in Asia Minor.

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the ancient city Thymbra (today Hissarlik), in Asia Minor. In the background the village Çıplak.

View of the plain of Troy from Pergamus.

Ruins, perhaps the Thermae of Herod Atticus in Alexandria Troas (today Eski Stambul).

View of the ruins of Alexandria Troas (today Eski Stambul). In the background Tenedos (Bozcaada) island.

View of the putative Tomb of Patroclus in Yenişehir, Asia Minor.

The putative Tomb of Aias in Intepe (anc. Rhoiteion), in Asia Minor.

View of the Dardanelles.

View of Izmir.

View of the roman baths of Varius in Ephesus, Asia Minor.

View of the ruins of Ephesus, seen from the ancient theater.

Byzantine aqueduct in Selçuk, close to Ephesus. In the background the Castle of Selçuk, on the Ayasuluk hill.

View of Ephesus from the putative Prison of Saint Paul, in fact tower of the Hellenistic walls of the city, close to the ancient port.

View of the Isabey Mosque in Selçuk, Asia Minor.

Ruins of the Hellenistic/Roman theater of Izmir, at Kadifekale (anc. Pagos).

View of the Temple of Ianus, erroneously called Temple of Homer, at Kadifekale (anc. Pagos), in Izmir.

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with Greek slave in the Harem.

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with odalisque in the Harem .

Muezzin. Women from Izmir and Thessaloniki. From: Giuseppe Antonelli (ed.), Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo, c. 1838-1842.

Map of the Dardanelles.

Wild donkey of Asia Minor.

Elephant.

Yörüks and Zeibeks from Ödemiş, Asia Minor, near ancient Hypaepa.

Rose distillery at Isparta, Asia Minor.