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1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- I Prologue to Peregrinations: the Scottish Setting and Lithgow's Early Life -- 1. Lithgow and Reformation Scotland -- 2. Lithgow's Early Years -- II The First Journey, 1609-12 -- 1. Through France and Italy and down the Adriatic to the Ionian Islands -- 2. Greece, Crete and the Aegean Islands -- 3. Reflections on the Greeks and their Church under Ottoman Rule -- 4. In Istanbul: Thoughts on Islam and the Nature of Ottoman Autocracy -- 5. Onwards to the Syrian Coast: Mount Lebanon and Aleppo -- 6. The Departure for Damascus and the Holy Land -- 7. The Entry into Jerusalem and the Rites of Holy Week -- 8. The Departure for Egypt and the Wonders of Cairo and the Nile -- 9. The Journey Home -- III The Second Journey, 1613-16 -- 1. The Journey up the Rhine to Switzerland and Italy -- 2. Politics, War and Commerce in the Maghrib: Corsairs, Privateers and Renegades -- 3. The Journey across North Africa from Tunis to Algiers and Fez and back to Tunis -- 4. The Return from Tunis via Malta to Sicily and Naples -- 5. The Long Detour Home through Central and Eastern Europe -- IV The Abortive Third Journey to the East, 1619-21, and Lithgow's Later Years -- 1. In Search of Prester John: the Decision to Visit Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula as Prelude to a Journey through Africa to Ethiopia -- 2. The Spanish Catastrophe -- 3. The Return to Britain and the Fruitless Quest for Redress and Reparation -- 4. The Last Known Years -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351958813 |
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135195881X |
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