Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Damascus and Palmyra, Vol. 1 of 2: A Journey to the East; With a Sketch of the State and Prospects of Syria, Under Ibrahim Pasha
The traveller, therefore, desirous of making the tour of the Mediterranean, of visiting the most re markable of the ruins, the most interesting of the modern cities, and some of the most renowned sites of antiquity, is obliged to dive into many ponderous tomes to obtain the necessary informa tion. On Greece, Constantinople, Asia Minor, and Syria, he finds various volumes displaying much classic learning, though frequently but little inform ation on the mode of travelling, on the best route to take, or on the time occupied between the different halting places.
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