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UNDER THE TURK
IN CONSTANTINOPLE

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MADRAS
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
DALLAS · SAN FRANCISC

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.

TORONTO

SIR JOHN FINCH.
From the Portrait by Carlo Dolci at Burley-on-the-Hill.

UNDER THE TURK IN

CONSTANTINOPLE

A RECORD OF
SIR JOHN FINCH’S EMBASSY

1674-1681

BY

G. F. ABBOTT

AUTHOR OF
“TURKEY IN TRANSITION,” “TURKEY, GREECE AND THE GREAT POWERS,” ETC.

WITH A FOREWORD BY

VISCOUNT BRYCE, O.M.

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1920

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