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Famagusta Maritima : Mariners, Merchants, Pilgrims and Mercenaries.

J. K. Walsh, Michael.

Famagusta Maritima : Mariners, Merchants, Pilgrims and Mercenaries. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages) - Brill's Studies in Maritime History Series ; v.7 . - Brill's Studies in Maritime History Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction "Old Ships [Sail] Like Swans Asleep … for Famagusta and the Hidden Sun" -- Chapter 1 A Holy Site for Sailors: Our Lady of the Cave in Famagusta -- Chapter 2 Placed in the Midst of Enemies? Material Evidence for the Existence of Maritime Cultural Networks Connecting Fourteenth-Century Famagusta with Overseas Regions in Europe, Africa and Asia -- Chapter 3 Between the Papal Court and the Islamic World: Famagusta and Cypriot Merchants in the Fourteenth Century -- Chapter 4 The Role of Famagusta in Genoese Maritime Routes between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries -- Chapter 5 Starting Point of the Genoese Thalassocracy in Cyprus: An Unpublished Roll of Knights and Squires Imprisoned in Famagusta in 1374 -- Chapter 6 The Export of Soap and Olive Oil from the Port of Famagusta in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries -- Chapter 7 Maritime Slave Trading in Fourteenth-Century Famagusta -- Chapter 8 Sea Defenses in the Renaissance: Famagusta in Comparative Venetian Perspective -- Chapter 9 Power, Peril and Maritime-Trade Wish Fulfillment in Thomas Dekker's The Pleasant Comedy of Old Fortunatus -- Chapter 10 The Harbor of Famagusta during the Ottoman Period in French Travelogues and Consular Archives -- Chapter 11 The Development of Famagusta Harbor during the British Colonial Period (1878-1960) -- Chapter 12 Famagusta on Cyprus and the Sea: Hotel Architecture, Urban Development and Tourism during the British Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period -- Index.

Famagusta Maritima: Mariners, Merchants, Pilgrims and Mercenaries presents a collection of scholarly studies spanning the thousand year history of the port of Famagusta in Cyprus.

9789004397682


Harbors-Cyprus-Famagusta-History.
Famagusta (Cyprus)-History.


Electronic books.

HE559.C9 .F363 2019

387.1095693

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