Itinerary of the Morea Being a Description of the Routes of that Peninsula [Paperback]

Sir William Gell's 1817 survey of routes through the Peloponnese illuminates contemporary Greece and the discipline of classical topography.Classical topographer Sir William Gell (17771836) wrote many standard treatises, including his 1804 Topography of Troy (also reissued in this series). This 1817 survey of routes through the Peloponnese, and their natural and archaeological landmarks, sheds light on contemporary Greece and the practicalities of early topographical study.Classical topographer Sir William Gell (17771836) wrote many standard treatises, including his 1804 Topography of Troy (also reissued in this series). This 1817 survey of routes through the Peloponnese, and their natural and archaeological landmarks, sheds light on contemporary Greece and the practicalities of early topographical study.Classical topographer Sir William Gell (17771836) first came to public attention with his Topography of Troy (1804). Based on his travels around Bunarbashi, near to where Schliemann would subsequently excavate, the work (also reissued in this series) became a standard treatise. Byron even wrote: 'Of Dardan tours let dilettanti tell, / I leave topography to classic Gell.' A noted conversationalist and intellectual intermediary, Gell became a Fellow of the Royal Society and, indeed, a Member of the Society of Dilettanti. He also served, in 1803, on a diplomatic mission to the Ionian Islands; his subsequent journey, with the archaeologist Edward Dodwell, through the Peloponnese  then known as the Morea  became the subject of several later books, including this 1817 publication. Comprising a survey of routes through the area, and their natural and archaeological landmarks, it sheds light on both contemporary Greece and the practicalities of early topographical study.Preface; 1. Achaia; 2. Elis; 3. Messenia; 4. Arcadia; 5. Argolis; 6. Laconia; Index.