18 Απρ 2024
Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1878–1951) was a Welsh palaeontologist and pioneer of archaeozoology. Born at a time when women …
21 Μάρ 2024
Edward Daniel Clarke (1769 – 1822) was an English traveller, mineralogist, clergyman and scholar, whose curiosity led him to …
22 Φεβ 2024
“In the features of this old dame, who earns her living by selling bread in Larnaca, there still linger …
18 Ιαν 2024
“Nicosia, Famagusta and Kyrenia, which belongs to the Eastern division of the island are still full of the interest which …
21 Δεκ 2023
Prima et maxima Orientis Cyprus insula
Franz Georg Maier (1926-2014), a distinguished German archaeologist, left a lasting mark on the …
16 Νοέ 2023
Charles Dudley Warner (1829 –1900) was a 19th century American novelist and explorer. He was a good friend of Mark …
19 Οκτ 2023
The Peregrinations of Pamela, H. E. Henderman, Heath Cranton Limited, 1912.
The Peregrinations of Pamela is a unique blend …
21 Σεπ 2023
Jens Holmboe (1880-1949) was a Norwegian botanist best known for his research on the vegetation of Cyprus. His dedication to …
10 Αύγ 2023
“[…]82 years of colonial rule that began when Sir Garnet Wolseley’s troops stepped nervously ashore at Larnaca on a stifling …
20 Ιούλ 2023
“The island is thought to have received its name “Cyprus” from a shrub extensively found in it, and which is …
15 Ιούν 2023
Travels in the Island of Cyprus: with contemporary accounts of the sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta / translated from the …
18 Μάι 2023
I went on board a small French vessel, in which I sailed to Cyprus.
Fredrik Hasselquist was a Swedish naturalist …
20 Απρ 2023
William Lithgow, Travels & Voyages through Europe, Asia, and Africa, nineteen years: Illustrated with notes from later travellers, Leith: printed …
16 Μάρ 2023
Richard Pococke, A description of the East, and some other countries: observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, …
16 Φεβ 2023
Alexander Drummond was a Scottish diplomat and travel writer. He was born on 18 January 1698 in Edinburgh Parish, …
12 Ιαν 2023
William Turner, Journal of a Tour in the Levant, John Murray, in 3 volumes, 1820.
"But come, now, tell …
15 Δεκ 2022
“What is Cyprus?
An island lying in the north-east corner of the Levant; the key of Egypt, Syria, and Asia …
10 Νοέ 2022
Fyler, Arthur Evelyn, 1833, The development of Cyprus, and rambles in the island, With colourded Illustrations, Maps and Plan, London, …
07 Οκτ 2022
Seamus MacHugh was born in Ireland and attended university both there and Italy. While in Tanzania, East Africa, where he …
05 Αύγ 2022
Samuel White Baker was an English explorer who helped to locate the sources of the River Nile. He was born …
05 Ιούλ 2022
Gordon Home was born in London, 25 July 1878. He was an English artist, author and illustrator. He served in …
20 Ιούν 2022
Anna ‘Annie’ Brassey Allnutt, daughter of Elizabeth (Burnett) and John Allnut was born in London, on 8 of October 1839.
28 Απρ 2022
Edward Vizetelly (1847-1903) came from a long line of printers, engravers and publishers. The family originated from Italy until their …
15 Μάρ 2022
British Engineer, Basil Stewart first visited Cyprus in 1904 to assume the duties of a topographical engineer for the construction …