Rhodes (183 Subjects)
Island, bearing W. & by S. called by the Turks Hellika, by the Greeks Telo, or Delo, & laid down in the Charts under the Name of Piscopi, between Rhodes & Stanchio. Point of Rhodes & Table Mountain with the small Isle of Sicklia, lying at the S.E. of the Island of Symi. Carpathos, now Scarpanto, bearing West & by North, from Lat. 35.55. 25 miles from E. Coast of the island or Rhodes.
View of Rhodes. Genealogy of Christ. Genealogy of the Pharaohs of Egypt. Joseph and Potiphar's wife.
Coats of armds and bas-reliefs from the walls of the city of Rhodes. Bas-relief of Saint Peter, Saint Catherine and Saint John the Baptist. Inscription commemorating the construction of the Sea Gate under Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson.
The fortifications of the city of Rhodes with the Muslim cemetery seen from the northwest. Turkish women pray and give offerings to a tomb.
The fortifications of the city of Rhodes and the Muslim cemetery seen from the west. The author being shown the location.
Relief of angel and coat of arms of Grand Master Émery d'Amboise, from D'Amboise Gate. Ottoman inscription from the same gate (“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God."). Relief of Virgin with infant and coat of arms of Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson, discovered in the Jewish quarter and kept at the Franciscan monastery in Rhodes. Coat of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval town. Latin inscription «In convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum infirmabuntur et peribunt a facie tua» (Psalms 9:3 “When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence”), referring to the siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans.
