A guide down the Danube from Paris to Marseilles, Ancona, Trieste ... and the Ionian Islands
Author : R. T. Claridge
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Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 1839
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Author : R. T. Claridge
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Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 1839
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Author : R. T. Claridge
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Page : 112 pages
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Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230032344
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...tributary to him. In 462, the Huns struck terror into France and Germany; and after becoming masters of the latter, and of all Dacia, they were united under Charlemagne; but in 920, shook off the French yoke. In 1010, they embraced Christiani; and Louis, their last king, was killed in battle, at ohatz, in 1526. In 1684, a bloody war commenced between the Hungarians and Mahomet IV.; but the coalition effected between them and Sobieski, king of Poland, the Venetians, and Peter the Great, led to the utter defeat of the Turks, in 1686. Mustapha, the son of Mahomet, concluded the peace of Carlowitz, in 1699, by which Austria became posessed of all Hungary, which had been in the hand of the Turks ever since the time of Ferdinand 1. Possession of the country was disputed, however, until 1739, when, bv the The noble: amount to at least 300,000, and are very patriotic. Hungary may be considered as forming a little Europe in itself, so rich and fertile that, notwithstanding the administrative defects in its government, it derives from its own internal resources almost everything that can be produced in European countries. Wines, of which there are at least a hundred different sorts, vary in rice from one penny to five shillings the bottle (Tokay. Coffee, olives, mulberries, and tobacco are in great plenty; while the cattle supply the German markets. Horses are good and cheap, the price of the best seldom exceedin 25; and from the introduction of Arabian and Englis horses, the breed improves every year, although a little more strength is still desirable. Mines of all sorts abound, but they make but a small return, compared with what they are capable of. Fish and game are so abundant, that the natives assert the river Teisse to consist of two...
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Author : Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy (son of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt)
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Page : 472 pages
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Release : 1887
Category : Egypt
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Author : Samuel Greatheed
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Page : 758 pages
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Release : 1839
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Release : 1839
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Author : Monthly literary register
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 1840
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Author : Claridge R. T.
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Release : 1901
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ISBN : 9780259646044
Author : R. T. Claridge
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Page : 292 pages
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Author : R. T. Claridge
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Page : 342 pages
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Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781330982624
Excerpt from Guide Down the Danube: From Paris to Marseilles, Ancona, Trieste, Venice, Munich, Strasburg; And From Vienna to Constantinople, Smyrna, Athens, the Morea, and the Ionian Islands, Also the Route to India by Way of Egypt The very favourable reception which the first edition of this little work met with from the public, has induced the author to make many and material additions to it. It now comprises, in addition to the voyage down the Danube, and the tour of Constantinople, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, &c., the route from Paris to the Mediterranean, via Marseilles and Malta - the route from Paris to Ancona, via Geneva and Milan - the routes from Paris to Munich, via Nancy, Strasbourg, Baden-Baden; and via Metz and Frankfort - the route from Munich to Venice and Trieste, via the Tyrol - the routes from London to the Rhine and the Danube - and the route from Alexandria to Cairo, &c. on the way to India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.