Author : G. Maclean
Release : 2004-03-31
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 767/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Rise of Oriental Travel by : G. Maclean
Download or read book The Rise of Oriental Travel written by G. Maclean. This book was released on 2004-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows four Seventeenth-century Englishmen on their journeys around the Ottoman Empire while the British were, for the first time in history, becoming important players in the Mediterranean. This book shows that hostility between East and West is neither historical nor inevitable, but rather the result of selective memory.