4to. - This
work, which is translated into English, is rich in natural history,
commerce, and manners, particularly regarding some of the islands of the
Archipelago, Rhodes, Macedonia, the Morea, and Asia Minor.
297. Voyage en Morea, a Constantinople, en Albania, &c. 1799 - 1801. Par
Pouqueville.
298. Voyage dans la Grece. Par Pouqueville. vol. 1. 4to. Paris, 1820. - The
first work has been translated into English: they are both full of
information, especially respecting Albania, though more accurate
investigations, or perhaps different views and opinions, have induced
subsequent travellers to differ from him in some respects.
299. Bartholdy, Voyage en Grece, 1803-4. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1807.
300. Moeurs, Usages, Costumes des Ottomans. Par Castellan. Paris, 1812. 6
vols.12mo. - The value of this work is enhanced by the illustrations
supplied by Langles from oriental authors.
301. Lettres sur la Grece. Par Castellan. Paris, 1810. 8vo. - The Hellespont
and Constantinople are the principal subjects of these letters, which are
lively and amusing in their pictures of manners and life. The same
character applies to his "Lettres sur l'Italie." Paris, 1819. 3 vols. 8vo.
302. Voyage a l'Embouchure de la Mer Noire. Par Andreossy. Paris, 1818.
8vo. - A valuable work on physical geography, and to the engineer and
architect, and such as might have been expected from the professional
pursuits and favourable opportunities of the author.
303. Lettres sur le Bosphore, 1816 - 19. 8vo. 1821.
304. Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie, redige
d'apres l'Itineraire de L.F. Cassas, peintre. Par J. Lavallee. Paris, 1802.
fol. - This splendid work, as its title indicates, principally relates to
antiquities: there are, however, interspersed notices on manners, commerce,
&c. Zara, celebrated for its marasquin, is particularly described.
305. Scrofani, Reise en Griechenland, 1794-5. Leip. 1801. 8vo. - The German
translation of this work, originally published in Italian, is superior to
the original, and to the French translation, by the addition of valuable
notes by the translator, and the omission of irrelevant matter. Scrofani
pays particular attention to commercial details respecting the Ionian
Isles, Dalmatia, the Morea, &c.
The Germans were celebrated for their skill in metallurgy, and their
knowledge of mineralogy, at a period when the rest of Europe paid little
attention to these subjects; and German travels in countries celebrated
for their mines are, therefore, valuable. Of the German travels in
Hungary and Transylvania, the greater part are mineralogical. We shall
select a few.
306. Born, Briefe uber Mineralogische gegenstande auf einer Reise durch den
Temeswarer Bannat, &c. Leip. 1774. 8vo. - This mineralogical tour in Hungary
and Transylvania by Born, and published by Ferber, possesess a sufficient
guarantee of its accuracy and value from the names of the author and
editor. It is, however, not confined to mineralogy, but contains curious
notices on some tribes inhabiting Transylvania and the adjacent districts,
very little known: it is translated into French.
307. Ferber, Physikalisch-metallurgische Abhandlunger uber die Gebirge and
Bergewecke in Ungarn. Berlin, 1780. 8vo.
308. Balthazar Hacquet, Reise von dem Berge Terglou in Krain, au den Berg
Glokner in Tyrol, 1779 - 1781. Vienne, 1784. 8vo.
309. Neueste Reisen, 1788 - 1795, durch die Daceschen und Sarmateschen
Carpathen. Von B. Hacquet. Nuremb. 1796. 4 vols. 8vo.
310. Briefe uber Triestes, Krain, Kaernthen, Steyermark, und Saltzburgh.
Franck. 1793. 8vo.
311. Briefe uber das Bannet. Von Steube, 1793. 8vo.
312. F. Grisselini, Lettere di Venetea, Trieste, Carinthia, Carnioli e
Temeswar. Milan, 1780. 4to. - Natural history and manners are here
described.
GERMANY.
This large district of Europe offers, not only from its extent, but also
from numerous causes of diversity among its parts, - some established by
nature, and others introduced by man - various numerous and important
objects to the research and observation of the traveller. Its mines, -
the productions of its soil and its manufactures, - the shades of its
expressive, copious, and most philosophical language, - from the
classical idiom of Saxony, to the comparatively rude and uncultivated
dialect of Austria, - the effects on manners, habits, feeling, and
intellectual and moral acquirements, produced by the different species
of the Christian religion professed, - and the different forms of
government prevailing in its different parts; - all these circumstances,
and others of a more evanescent and subtle, though still an influential
nature, render Germany a vast field for enquiry and observation.
The travels in this country, especially by its native inhabitants, are
so numerous, that we must content ourselves with a scrupulous and
limited selection; - referring such of our readers as wish to consult a
more copious catalogue, to "Ersch's Literatur der Geschichte und deren
Hulfswissenschaften." We shall follow our usual plan, selecting those
travels which give the best idea of the country, at remote, intervening,
and late periods.
313. Martini Zeilleri, Itinerarium Germaniae nov-antiquae. Strasb. 1632. 4to.
314. Christ. Dorrington's Reflections on a Journey through some Provinces
of Germany in 1698. Lond. 1699. 8vo.
315. The German Spy. By Thomas Ledyart. 1740. 8vo.
316. Keysler's Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland,
Italy, and Lorrain. Translated from the German, 1756. 2 vols.
4to. - Keysler, though a German, was educated at St. Edmund's Hall: he
travelled with the Count of Gleich and other noblemen. His favourite study
was antiquities; but his judgment, in those parts of his travels which
relate to them, has been questioned. His work, though heavy, is interesting
from the picture it exhibits of Germany, &c. in the middle of the 18th
century.
317. Adams's Letters on Silesia, during a Tour in 1800-2. Philadelphia, 3
vols. 8vo. - Mr. Adams was ambassador from the United States to Berlin: his
work contains some interesting information, especially on the manufactures
of Silesia.
318. Cogan's Journey up the Rhine, from Utrecht to Frankfort. 2 vols. 8vo.
1794. - The style of this work is lively and interesting: its pictures of
manners and scenery good; and it contains a learned disquisition on the
origin of printing. Dr. Cogan resided the greater part of his life in
Holland.
319. Travels in the North of Germany. By Thomas Hodgskin, Esq.
