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View of the ancient amphitheater of Taormina, in Sicily.

Palermo, Sicily.

View of the port of Istanbul, on the western shores of the Golden Horn. On the left mosque of Sultan Suleiman. On the right the mosque of Sultan Mehmet II. In the background the Kemerburgaz aqueduct.

Greek woman in the Harem.

The Ottoman customs house at Karaköy. On the left the Galata Tower.

Bulgarian village.

View of the house of the Pasha of Adakale, near Orşova, Romania.

A Turkish girl. Greek ladies at Constantinople.

Albanians in the Morea.

Turkish women traveling.

Infr. Officer of Janissaries. Greek sailor.

Tent of a Kalmyk princess.

Entrance to a Lesgian house.

Greek costumes.

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

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

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

View of the Shpinx and the Pyramid of Khafre or Chephren, Giza.

The Grotto of the Nymphs in Vathy, Ithaca.

View of Famagusta as the city prepares its defense against the Ottoman attack, 1570.

Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.

View of Chandax.

View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).

Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.