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Post by Administrator on May 20, 2011 14:08:04 GMT 10
b]Francis Beaufort[/b] was a distinguished seaman and traveller who, in 1817, published a detailed account of his travels along the coast of Turkey and drew a number of charts and sketches of the places he visited. So well known and respected did he become that the universal scale for measuring wind strength carries his name. In Greece, the name of the measure has been corrupted to 'Bofor'. During one of his visits to Castellorizo (in 1811), Beaufort drew the sketch of the town that appears below. The sketch reveals clearly that the town radiated around its central square (' Mesi tou Yialou') and only extended from the tip of the Kavos promontory as far as the base of the harbour, close to where the island's only bank operates today. The sketch also makes reference to the Crusader castle (which at that stage had not been incorporated into the town) and another so-called 'ruined castle' lower down the promontory which is thought to be the site of the Ottoman konak (fort) which became a French hospital during WWI and, later, the island's first museum. Nicholas Beaufort 1811.pdf (240.82 KB)
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