Notes on Syracuse, Read at the Royal Society of Literature, February 24, March 9, and March 23, 1848 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : William Martin Leake |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2017-07-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 0282386726 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780282386726 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Download or read book Notes on Syracuse, Read at the Royal Society of Literature, February 24, March 9, and March 23, 1848 (Classic Reprint) written by William Martin Leake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Syracuse, Read at the Royal Society of Literature, February 24, March 9, and March 23, 1848 IT is proposed in the following pages to illustrate some of the principal events of Syracusan history by means of the accompanying plan of the ancient site and sur rounding country, which has been reduced from an Ordnance Survey, conducted, in the year 1808, by the Officers of the Royal Engineers under the command of Captain (now limb-general) Thackeray. Many additions have been made to the original plan, and the ancient names have been adapted to the present me moir. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.