Being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey. Walpole travelled in Greece for some time between 1803 and 1808.
He decided not only to publish his own notes, but also those of like - minded people. The contributors include Morritt, J.D. Carlyle, Philip Hunt,
the botanist Sibthorp, the future Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen, the geologist John Hawkins and others whose works are to be found only here.
The Travels are a sequel to his Memoirs. The contributors include Leake, Robert Cockerell, William Wilkens, with a continuation of the excerpts
from Sibthorp's botanical researches in Greece and W.G. Browne's account of a journey through Asia Minor, as well important material by John Hawkins.
Contents: On the Tar springs of Zante, Grecian seas, Acropolis of Patmos, Cyprus, Journey to Morea, Constantinople and Princes islands,
Smyrna and some provinces of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, journey from Suez to mount Sinai, Crete, On the Sculptures of Parthenon,
on the site of Dodona, and more. With 4 folding plates including "The Athenian Vase", 8 plates outside of text and 2 maps.
