Travellers in Ottoman lands : the botanical legacy
| Körperschaft: |
Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Aščerić-Todd, Ines,
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Knees, Sabina, , [HerausgeberIn] Starkey, Janet, 1948- , [HerausgeberIn] Starkey, Paul, 1947- , [HerausgeberIn] |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Archaeopress Archaeology,
2018.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxi, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Foreword - by Semih Lutfu Turgut, Turkish Consul General in Edinburgh; Preface - by Sabina Knees; Introduction to Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy - by Paul Starkey; Acknowledgements - by Paul Starkey; THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 1 The Ottoman Empire: an introduction to its history and heritage - by Ines Asceric-Todd; THE OTTOMAN GARDEN; 2 Presenting and re-presenting Ottoman imperial gardens in manuscript illustrations: the case of the Oxford Dilsuznamah, dated AH 860/AD 1455-1456, Edirne - by Susan Scollay; 3 Ottoman fruit cultivation as reflected in Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels 43; Priscilla Mary Isin; 4 Gardens of Istanbul in Persian hajj travelogues - by Gullu Yildiz; 5 The public space of the Bakewell Ottoman Garden - by Radha Dalal; BOTANIST-TRAVELLERS; 6 Dioscorides' legacy: a classical precursor to travellers in Ottoman lands - by Alison Denham; 7 Botanical explorations by Frederik Hasselquist (1749-1752) and Pehr Forsskal (1761-1763): Linne's apostles in the Holy Land - by Tobias Moerike; 8 From Ottoman Aleppo to Edinburgh: the botanical legacies of Adam Freer MD and his colleagues - by Janet Starkey; 9 The botanist Carl Haussknecht (1838-1903) in the Ottoman Empire and Persia (1865 and 1866-1869): a biographical sketch and itinerary of his expeditions - by Frank H. Hellwig & Kristin Victor; 10 In honour of Professor Asuman Baytop (1920-2015): a tribute | On Georges Vincent Aznavour, the last Ottoman plant collector and his herbarium held in the Robert College (Istanbul), Turkey - by Necmi Aksoy; 11 Violet Dickson, Umm Saud, the last grande dame of Arabia - by Irene Linning; BULBS AND CONIFERS; 12 Bulbs of the Holy Land: diversity, conservation, and cultivation - by Ori Fragman-Sapir; 13 George Maw (1832-1912): his Crocus monograph, travels, and correspondents from the Ottoman Empire - by Alison Rix; 14 Decline of the conifers in former Ottoman lands - by Martin Gardner & Sabina Knees;
