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