FRANCIS BEAUFORT:KARAMANIA, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia Minor and of the remains of the Antiquity. London 1817 First edition, in 8vo, contemporary leather over boards rebaked, covers very slightly rubbed at edges, complete:294p.,3 copper engraved charts,3 views and the diagram,309p., text clean and bright, overall a very good clean copy. Beaufort, a British hydrographer has been selected, in 1811, to survey the southern coast of Anatolia, still completely uncharted that time. The result of this expedition was not only a capital survey of the coasts, but a full exploration of the adjacent countryside of southern Asia Minor, its people and including the discovery of several ancient sites on the coast. This pioneer book induced Fellows, spratt,Forbes and Newton to go later in Asia Minor and continue Beaufort initial explorations. A very important travel account. Atabey 81, Blackmer 103