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Young noblewoman from Wallachia.

Nobleman from Magreb.

Monte Piovizano.

The Kızılçullu aqueduct on Meles river, near Izmir.

Aqueduct on Meles river, near Izmir.

Aqueduct on the foot of Mount Lebanon. According to the legend it was built by Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade.

View of the Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Athens

The Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.

The remains of the Temple of Priapus at Lampsacus (today Lapseki).

Vie of Istanbul from the French Embassy at Pera (Beyoğlu).

The ruins of the putative Temple of Aphrodite in Palaiopolis, Cythera. According to the legend at this site stood a statue of Helen of Troy, as well as a castle of Menelaus.

West European travelers are resting at the ruins of an ancient building in Messenia.

View of Tenedos (Bozcaada).

View of Kadıköy. In the background Maiden's Tower and part of the Seraglio Point.

View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.

The march of the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque, on the day of Bayram.

The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.

View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.

View of Üsküdar from Pera (Beyoğlu).

View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.

The seaside kiosk of Sultan Selim III at Bebek, on the European shores of Bosporus. In this kiosk the Sultan and other Ottoman officials of high ranks gave audience to representatives of foreign states.