Turkey; Its History and Progress: from the Journals and Correspondence of Sir James Porter, Fifteen Years Ambassador at Constantinople
Subtitle: Volume 1
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781402182501
Subjects: History / Asia; History / Far East
First sentence: IT has been thought necessary to prefix to these volumes, intended to throw light upon the history, manners, and government of the Turks, a Memoir of Sir James Porter, the basis of the work being the materials left by him, and it is hoped that the selection may be fully justified by the peculiar opportunities he possessed of forming correct opinions on these matters (having been British Ambassador to the Porte from 1747 to 1762), and by his acknowledged abilities, which enabled him to make the best use of those opportunities.