{"product_id":"narrative-of-travels-in-europe-evliya-elebi-9781108041782","title":"Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Seventeenth Century - Volume 1","description":"This two-volume English translation of part of a longer travel narrative by the Ottoman aristocrat Evliya  elebi (1611-c.1680) was translated by the Austrian scholar Joseph von Hammer (1774-1856) and published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, set up to make 'Eastern' texts more widely available in English.  elebi was highly educated, had served the Ottoman court both as a diplomat and as a soldier, and as he says, had in his travels 'seen the countries of eighteen monarchs and heard 147 different languages'. His lifetime encompassed the highest point of Ottoman expansion into Europe, and his indefatigable curiosity about everything he saw makes this work a fascinating assemblage of topics varying from the fountains of Istanbul to a journey to Georgia. Volume 1 includes a short biography of  elebi and accounts of the history and architecture of his native city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evliya Elebi, Evilya Elebi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108041787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108041782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.96d","brand":"Evliya Elebi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738997149951,"sku":"9781108041782","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cd0a388-50f9-4a63-8b9f-736d3ef9b047.jpg?v=1743276900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narrative-of-travels-in-europe-evliya-elebi-9781108041782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}