Title: Famagusta maritima : mariners, merchants, pilgrims and mercenaries /
Authors: Walsh, Michael J. K., 1968-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Harbors Cyprus Famagusta History.; Harbors; Famagusta (Cyprus) History; Cyprus Famagusta
Abstract: "Famagusta Maritima: Mariners, Merchants, Pilgrims and Mercenaries presents a collection of scholarly studies spanning the thousand year history of the port of Famagusta in Cyprus. This historic harbour city was at the heart of the Crusading Lusignan dynasty, a possession of both Genoa and Venice during the Renaissance, a port of the Ottoman Empire for three centuries, and in time, a strategic naval and intelligence node for the British Empire. It is a maritime space made famous by the realities of its extraordinary importance and influence, followed by its calamitous demise. Contributors are: Michele Bacci, Lucie Bonato, Tomasz Borowski, Mike Carr, Pierre-Vincent Claverie, Dragos Cosmescu, Nicholas Coureas, Marko Kiessel, Antonio Musarra, William Spates, Asu Tozan, Ahmet Usta, and Michael Walsh"--
Contents: Introduction: "Old ships [sail] like swans asleep ... for Famagusta and the hidden sun" -- A holy site for sailors: Our Lady of the Cave in Famagusta / Michele Bacci -- Placed in the midst of enemies?: material evidence for the existence of maritime cultural networks connecting fourteenth-century Famagusta with overseas regions in Europe, Africa and Asia / Tomasz Borowski -- Between the Papal court and the Islamic world: Famagusta and Cypriot merchants in the fourteenth century / Mike Carr -- The role of Famagusta in Genoese maritime routes between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / Antonio Musarra -- Starting point of the Genoese thalassocracy in Cyprus: an unpublished roll of knights and squires imprisoned in Famagusta in 1374 / Pierre-Vincent Claverie -- The export of soap and olive oil from the port of Famagusta in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / Nicholas Coureas -- Maritime slave trading in fourteenth-century Famagusta / Ahmet Usta -- Sea defenses in the Renaissance: Famagusta in comparative Venetian perspective / Dragos Cosmescu -- Power, peril and maritime-trade wish fulfillment in Thomas Dekker's The pleasant comedy of old fortunatus / William Spates -- The harbor of Famagusta during the Ottoman period in travelogues and French consular archives / Lucie Bonato -- The development of Famagusta harbor during the British Colonial period (1878-1960) / Asu Tozan -- Famagusta on Cyprus and the sea: hotel architecture, urban development and tourism during the British Colonial and early postcolonial period / Marko Kiessel.