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William Martin Leake was born in London on January 14, 1777
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Although the Four Journeys in Northern Greece which form the subject of these Volumes, are not strictly consecutive, in order of time, to the two Journeys, which constituted my Travels in the Morea, the present Work is in all other respects a continuation of the former, on the same plan; and the Preface of those volumes will equally apply to these. If the diurnal record of the traveller be not always the form of narrative most agreeable to the reader, it is, or ought to be, more faithful than any other, and consequently more useful to those who visit the countries described, especially when those countries have been little explored. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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William Martin Leake was born in London on January 14, 1777
After completing his education at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and spending four years in the West Indies as lieutenant of marine artillery, William was sent by the government to Constantinople to instruct the Turks in this branch of the service.
A journey through Asia Minor in 1800 to join the British fleet at Cyprus inspired Leake with an interest in antiquarian topography. In 1801, after travelling across the desert with the Turkish army to Egypt, he was, on the expulsion of the French, employed in surveying the valley of the Nile as far as the cataracts; but having sailed with the ship engaged to convey the Elgin marbles from Athens to England, he lost all his maps and observations when the vessel foundered off Cerigo. Shortly after his arrival in England he was sent out to survey the coast of Albania and the Morea, with the view of assisting the Turks against attacks of the French from Italy, and of this he took advantage to form a valuable collection of coins and inscriptions and to explore ancient sites. In 1807, war having broken out between Turkey and England, he was made prisoner at Salonica; but, obtaining his release the same year, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to Ali Pasha of lannina, whose confidence he completely won, and with whom he remained for more than a year as British representative. In 1810 he was granted a yearly sum of £600 for his services in Turkey. In 1813 he retired from the army, in which he held the rank of colonel, devoting the remainder of his life to topographical and antiquarian studies. The marbles collected by him in Greece were presented to the British Museum; his bronzes, vases, gems and coins were purchased by the university of Cambridge after his death, and are now in the Fitz- william Museum.
Leake's major works are Topography of Athens (1821); Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor (1824); Travels in the Morea (1830), and a supplement, Peloponnesiaca (1846); Travels in Northern Greece (1835); and Numismata Hellenica (1854), followed by a supplement in 1859. His Topography of Athens, the first attempt at a scientific treatment of the subject, is still authoritative in regard to many important points.
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Leake was elected F. R. S. and F. R. G. S. , received the honorary D. C. L. at Oxford (1816), and was a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and correspondent of the Institute of France.
A characteristic of the researches of Leake was their comprehensive minuteness, which was greatly aided by his mastery of technical details.
