Sight-Seeing in the Old World Constantinople Diary
Special Correspondence from TarStar describes a voyage on an Austria-Lloyd steamer arriving near the Dardanelles then Marmora and finally Constantinople. The writer notes ruins at Cape Suriam, ancient crossings by Alexader and Parmenio, Leander, Byron, and the grand view of Istanbul as the ship approaches, with early morning deck observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iFriends
Athens
Morpheus
Cape Sur Rium
Apollo
Dardinelles
Hellesport
Pompei
Darvinelles
Mesmora
Eas
Alexader
Parmenio
Eupe
Asia
Europe
Leander
Constantinople
The
Sun
Printing House Square
Brooklyn
Bokhara
She San
Weekly Sun
Sunday Sun
Golconda
Daily Sun
W. England
Newark City
Constantinople Impressions From a Visitor’s Eye
An observer describes Constantinople’s three districts Stramboul Pera and Skutari its mosques bazaar life and crowds of cypress trees and gardens. He notes squalid streets crowded pack animals and a shifting mix of Turks Jews Armenians and dogs. He comments on trade potential debt and stagnant public works and describes Turkish customs including harems veiled women and the slave market’s private continuation. He visits monasteries and dervishes with mixed impressions of faith and ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seraglio
Golden Horn
Aroud
Druys
Constantinople
Stramboul
Pera
Dskutari
Byzantium
Sea of Marnora
Bosphorus
Galita
Tophane
Skutari
American Board of Missions
Boston
Woods
Wiliams
U. S
Asia
Mary Circassian
Constantinople visit includes boots ads and bizarre rites
The narrator recounts visiting neighbor Brown for a cow and noting a local boots store's cheap Hartfords and Cordovan shoes. He describes a Constantinople excursion with Muslim rites, canines in the streets, bazaars, travel to the Bosphorus, and meetings with the U S Minister General Wallace before sailing toward the Promised Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Brown
Allison
Smith
U.S
General Wallace
Crawfordsville
Bayrout
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Levi McCloud
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Tom Moreland
George Eggers
Ge Rice
Joseph Case
Kenry Wilson
John Wilson
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Little Walnut
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Will McCloud
M. T Darnall
Cambridge
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Indianapolis
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Deer Creek
Zane
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Blackhawk
Smith & Co
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Heaveny
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Nord Washington Street
En's
Washington, N. J
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National Bank
New York
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Washington, D.C
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Water Street
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