Boats and ships (1788 Subjects)
The ship on which the author sailed the Mediterranean approaches the port of Famagusta.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
The author's ship during a tempest at the Aegean sea.
The ship on which the author sailed the Mediterranean approaches the port of Famagusta.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
Panoramic view of Venice.
Panoramic view of Istanbul, with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosques of Sultan Ahmed I and Süleyman I.
View of Seraglio Point from the embassy of the Netherlands at Pera district.
View of Sinop at the Black Sea.
View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations showed, however, that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.
Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
Dutch ship in which the author sailed from India to China. On the right, the emblem of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie).
Map of the eastern coast of Vietnam (kingdom of Tonkin).
Funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
A carriage transported across river in Russia.
Double canoe widely used by the Cossacks of Don river.
View of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.
Ancient tombs on Don river near the Black Sea, Russia.
View of the Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch (where the Black Sea joins the Sea of Azov). On the bottom right, Taman volcano, surnamed Prekla (hell) by the locals.
Promontory near the monastery of Saint George at Chersonesus, Crimea.
View of the bay of Balaklava near Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, the remains of the Genoese fortress.
View of Cape Fiolent between Sebastopol and Balaklava, Crimea.
View of Snake Island at the Black Sea. According to the myth, this is were Thetis took the bodies of Achilles and Patroclus.
Mount Athos from the east.
Landscape at Platamon. In the background, Mount Olympus.
The sea of Marmara seen from the window of author's inn at Tekirdag (Raidestos).
Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.
Scene from the siege of Rhodes, 1522.