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Book SynopsisIn Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740), Rachel Finnegan provides edited transcripts of the full run of correspondence from Richard Pococke’s famous eastern voyage from 1737-40, together with updated biographical accounts of the author and his correspondents (his mother, Elizabeth Pococke and his uncle and patron, Bishop Thomas Milles).
Table of ContentsContents Preface List of Illustrations 1 Introduction 2 Biographical Accounts of the Pococke and Milles Families 3 Itinerary of the Eastern Voyage 4 Letters from Egypt 5 Accounts from Egypt 6 Letters from the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria 7 Accounts from the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria 8 Letters from the Second Tour of Egypt, and from Turkey, Asia Minor and Greece 9 Accounts from Cyprus and from the Second Tour of Egypt 10 Conclusion Appendix. List of Grand Tour Letters and Accounts Reproduced in This Volume Bibliography Index of Selected People & Places
