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An Introduction to the Arcadian Library: Sharing the History of Scientific and Cultural Transfer between East and West

The Arcadian Library

The Arcadian Library

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...The Arcadian Library, from its very inception, has always been more than a private collection. Its acquisition policy has always been secondary to its ethical mission—to facilitate peaceful dialogue between East and West. In a tense age...

Lady Hester Stanhope

Penelope Turson

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...Lady Hester Stanhope, who arrived in Istanbul in 1810, perpetuated the tradition of the well-connected, pre-Victorian, aristocratic traveller, elevating the role to new levels of eccentricity. Stanhope’s unconventional life has been...

Discours de l'armee des Venitiens & du Turc, & des rencontres d'icelles, selon ce qu'en a esté escript de Cirigo, le douziéme jour d'aoust, à un grand Seigneur estant à Rome.

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...A very rare letter on the situation of the Allied and the Turkish fleets in summer 1572, dated 12 August, from the island of Cerigo (Kythira) - at the end of the letter 'De Cirigo le douzieme jour d'Aoust, 1572.'. Göllner emphasises...

Lettera di ragguaglio di quello che è successo tra le due Armate in Mare, da li 19 fino li 22 Novembre 1617.

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Capitano Alfonso

...A copy of a letter written by Captain Alfonso to the Venetian Fleet deployed in the Canale di Curzola (Korčulanski kanal in Croatian) on the Dalmatian coast, dated November 27, 1617...

Narratio legationis Zbaravianæ, et rerum apud Otthomanos anno 1622, gestarum / conscripta à Samuele Kuszewicz.

Samuel Kuszewicz

...Rare account of a diplomatic mission to the Ottoman court in 1622 led by the diplomat and politician Krzysztof Zbaraski, with a dedication to the Prince of Wisnicz and Zbaraz. Zbaraz in Galizien was part of the Kingdom of Poland...

Noticia certa de hum fatal successo, acontecido na cidade de Constantinopla, e o espantoso fenomeno, que nella se vio no dia vinte e seis de Novembro proximo de 1756.

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...Purportedly an account of the damage suffered in Constantinople following the Lisbon earthquake of 1 November 1755, and then of a subsequent earthquake, which struck Constantinople the year after on 26 November at 11.45 in the morning...

[Letter to Sir Joseph Banks,] Latikia, 7th July, 1803, [i.e. 1813].

Stanhope, Hester, Lady

...A long, informative letter to Sir Joseph Banks offering her expertise on Bedouin lifestyle gained from her notorious expedition into the desert with a tribe of Bedouin Arabs in January 1813, and detailing her experiences on this trip...

Discours, historiques et politiques, sur les causes, de la guerre, de Hongrie, et, sur les causes de la Paix, entre Leopold I, empereur des Romains, et Mahomet IV, sultan de Turquie / par Louis Du-May, chevallier, sieur de Sallettes, conseiller de son Altesse de Wirtemberg.

Louis Dumay

...Louis Dumay wrote a number of historical works as well as this book on Hungary, including 'L'Estat de l'Empire, ou Abbrégé do Droict Public d'Allemagne' (1660), translated into English in 1676. Dumay also wrote a funeral elegy for Eberhard...