L'île de Chypre. Itinéraire photographique. Extrême-Orient explains how the world

explains how the world

Japan of the Edo period (1603-1868) restricted drastically the exchanges with the outside world

among others in Durban

mais que sa fragilité éloigne de tous

L'île de Chypre. Itinéraire photographique. Extrême-Orient explains how the worldAt the beginning of the 19th century, the island of Cyprus was often just a port of call on the way to the Orient. It was little known, with some travelers even contenting themselves with looking at the coast from the deck of the ship when they reached Larnaca. Then, throughout the century, explorers, scholars, scientists, and finally "tourists" set foot on the island and enthusiastically discovered its wonders: the dead city of Famagusta, Nicosia,