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Around The Black Sea
ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, CAUCASUS, CIRCASSIA
DAGHESTAN, THE CRIMEA
ROUMANIA
BY
WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS
AUTHOR OF “TURKESTAN: THE HEART OF ASIA”
“BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE OCEAN”
“TODAY IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE”
“MODERN INDIA,” ETC., ETC.
HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1911,
By George H. Doran Company
THIS VOLUME IS COMPOSED OF NEWSPAPER LETTERS
WRITTEN DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1910
AND IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THE LATE
CORNELIUS McAULIFF,
MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Cruising in the Black Sea | 3 |
| II | The Ancient City of Trebizond | 29 |
| III | Railway Concessions in Turkey | 60 |
| IV | The Caucasus | 85 |
| V | The City of Tiflis | 105 |
| VI | Mount Ararat and the Oldest Town in the World | 129 |
| VII | The Armenians and Their Persecutions | 154 |
| VIII | The Massacre ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |