Beaufort, Francis: Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity: with plans, views, &c. ; collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, in the years 1811 & 1812 (London, 1817)

PREFACE.

The name of Karamania is commonly
applied, by Europeans, to that moun-
tainous tract of country which forms the
southern shore of Asia-Minor ; but, how-
ever convenient such a general appella-
tion may be, as a geographical distinc-
tion, it is neither used by the present
inhabitants, nor is it recognized at the
seat of government. A kingdom of that
name, or rather Karaman-ily, did indeed
once exist; it comprised the antient pro-
vinces of Lycia, Pamphylia, and the two
Cilicias, with parts of Caria and Phry-
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