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By William Eleroy Curtis
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The author records a voyage around the Black Sea and visits port cities and inland regions in Asia Minor, Armenia, the Caucasus, Circassia, Daghestan, the Crimea, and Roumania, blending travel description with commentary on local customs, architecture, and landscape. He reports on urban life in places such as Trebizond, Tiflis, Odessa, and Sevastopol; examines infrastructure projects and railway concessions; assesses the Caspian oil fields; recounts Armenian persecutions and the massacres of 1909; surveys missionary, educational, and humanitarian work including American schools and Robert College; and observes social change, including the emancipation of Turkish women, while offering portraits of regional peoples and historical sites such as Mount Ararat.

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Title: Around the Black Sea

Author: William Eleroy Curtis

Release date: March 17, 2021 [eBook #64843]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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A complete map of the Black Sea and surrounding country will be found affixed to the inside of the back cover of this book.

Around The Black Sea

ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, CAUCASUS, CIRCASSIA
DAGHESTAN, THE CRIMEA
ROUMANIA

BY
WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS

AUTHOR OF “TURKESTAN: THE HEART OF ASIA”
“BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE OCEAN”
“TODAY IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE”
“MODERN INDIA,” ETC., ETC.

HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1911,
By George H. Doran Company

THIS VOLUME IS COMPOSED OF NEWSPAPER LETTERS
WRITTEN DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1910
AND IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THE LATE
CORNELIUS McAULIFF,
MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD