An intrepid Scot : William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman lands, North Africa and Centra...
An intrepid Scot : William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman lands, North Africa and Centra...
An intrepid Scot : William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman lands, North Africa and Central Europe, 1609-21 / Clifford Edmund Bosworth.
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Aldershot : Ashgate, c2006.
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N914.0423/1
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English
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xviii, 193 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2006.
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"An Intrepid Scot makes an important new contribution to the growing literature on the perceptions of the Islamic world and the 'Orient' in early modern Europe, at the same time as illuminating the attitudes of a Protestant from Northern Europe towards the Catholic South."
"Lithgow was one of several men of his time who journeyed eastwards, some as far as Persia and India, but unlike many others, he has not been the subject of a special study. Bosworth now places him within the context of the present interest in perceptions of the Islamic world and of the 'Orient' and 'Orientals' in early modern Europe. In addition t...
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An intrepid Scot : William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman lands, North Africa and Central Europe, 1609-21 / Clifford Edmund Bosworth.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N914.0423/1
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74VKvMGxmBkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvMGxmBkA
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0754657086 (hbk.) :
9780754657088 (hbk.) :
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914.0423
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991021476639702626
