Excerpt from Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia, Vol. 1 of 2: With Some Account of Their Antiquities and GeologyMy attention was consequently directed chie¿y to the comparative geography of the country, the exa mination of ancient ruins, and the fixing of positions by astronomical observations. The geology of the country, also, claimed a large portion of my time, and, considering the difficulty of transport which I had to encounter, I may deem myself fortunate in having made a large collection of rocks and minerals.I soon found that the maps of the country were incorrect in the highest degree, in fact, absolutely useless. I therefore Spared neither time nor labour in making a careful annotation of time, distances.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.