 | George Sandys.
The Castles comaunding ye Hellespont.
£100.00
London: William Barrett, 1617. 100 x 120mm, set in letterpress text. A copper-engraved view of the Dardanelles, separating Europe from Asia. The accompanying text describes Sandys' voyage from Constantinople through the strait to Palestine in 1611. He tells how the Turkish forts here held all Christian ships for three days to ensure they were legitimate.
Published in George Sandys' 'A relation of a journey begun An. Dom. 1610: Foure bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy, and islands adjoyning'.
George Sandys (1577-1644), son of the Archbishop of York, travelled to Constantinople, the Holy Land and Egypt in 1610. The account of this expedition, which was first published in 1615, contained detailed descriptions of the geography and ethnology of the Levant.
In April 1621 Sandys became colonial treasurer of the Virginia Company and spent the next decade in the colony. In 1624, when Virginia became a Crown Colony, he became a member of council. After he failed to become Secretary in 1631 he returned to England.
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