BLACK, William
William Black was a British physician and scholar of Greek. He travelled in the Eastern Mediterranean and mainly in the Aegean and Ionian seas, on HMS “Euryalus” and “Chanticleer”. The account of his journey was published by his nephew. The appendix to the work includes meteorological tables and other information on the climate of the regions visited by Black (Zakynthos, Lefkada, Cephalonia, Corfu, Naples, Nafplion, Milos, Cythera, Izmir, Acarnania etc.) together with nosological data.
The description of the tour starts on Lefkada island on 30 June 1822. With keen insigh Black follows the events of the Greek War of Independence until the siege and fall of Mesolonghi (23 April 1826) his distinctive literary style. In a thorough diary, invaluable to the history of the Greek War of Independence, he describes people and events in the following regions: Lefkada, Ithaca, Corinth, Nafplio, Athens (April and September 1824, May 1826), Kalamos and Navarino (May 1825, October 1827).
The illustrations which accompany the text are some of the very few pictures from the period of the Greek War of Independence, and were done by Black himself. Most of them are views of ports and other locations from the sea, drawn from the ship.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
BLACK, William - Nafplio
BLACK, William - Rest Images
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Parco or Villa Reale (formerly Royal Gardens) at Chiaia, Naples.
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Crypta Neapolitana, underground tunnel of the Roman era at Naples.
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The triumphal column of Diocletian (Column of Pompey) in Alexandria.
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The British fleet at Pylos, October 1827 (Battle of Navarino).
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Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha, admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the battle of Navarino.
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Port of Zakynthos. On the left, the church and bell tower of Agios Nikolaos at Molos.