Ottoman cities by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

By royal order, the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) visited the Ottoman Empire (1700-1702). He left his impressions on his partly posthumous work “Relation d’un voyage du Levant”, whose pictures show how small the towns he had visited were.

O botânico Francês Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), por ordem real visitou o Império Otomano (1700-1702). As suas impressões surgiram na obra, parcialmente póstuma, Rélation d'un voyage du Levant, cujas gravuras mostram como eram pequenas as cidades por ele visitadas.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)-'Ankara (Turkey)'-engraving

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)-'Tiflis (Georgia)'-engraving

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)-'Erzeron (Armenia)'-engraving

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)-'Gallipoli (European Turkey)'-engraving

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)--'Chonac (Turkey)'-engraving