Description:

FULL TITLE: Ein Grundriss von der Stadt und dem wasserleitungen Tyrus

Publication : D. Richard Pococke's Beschreibung des Morgenlandes und einiger andern lander.

A plan of the ancient City of Tyre as well as a detailed engraving of its aquaduct. This engraving was taken from a German version of 'A description of the East and some other Countries' by Richard Pococke. Richard Pococke set out from England in 1737 and over the next several years he toured upper and lower Egypt, ascended Vesuvius twice, explored the Alps in the region of Chamonix, visited the Holy Land, traveled around Crete (where he climbed Mt Ida and rescued a German enslaved by the Turks) and finally returned home in 1740.

Scarce.

ConditonGG

CartographerPococke

Date1791

TechniqueCopper Engraving

ColourUncoloured

Width (cms) x Height (cms)17.7 x 26.3

Ref: JJB1093