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THE ISLAND 17
tion. Karl Hoeck's Kreta (Gottingen, 1823-9) ^s trie first
scholarly account of the island. It suffers from the fact that
the author never visited it himself, but even Pashley, a most
stringent critic, is glad to avail himself of Hoeck's suggestions.
From February to September 1834 Robert Pashley, Fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge, made a prolonged tour of the
island during the course of which he identified most of the
important sites with an accuracy which had never before been
attained and has in few cases since been challenged. His
results were published in two volumes, Travels in Crete, by
John Murray in 1837. They are unfortunately incomplete,
private affairs having prevented him from arranging his
material from the East end of the island. Pashley's profound
knowledge of the language as well as of the antiquities render
his work an inexhaustible treasure-house. His scholarship,
his humour, and his way with the Cretans have combined to
give us a fascinating work. His map was drawn before Spratt's
admirable survey and is, in detail, not entirely trustworthy.
But it is far in advance of any previous map and clearly marks
the position of the sites he determined, though it is not above
the suspicion of showing those which in the text he cannot fix.
Captain (later Admiral) T. A. B. Spratt was engaged during
the years 1851-3 in surveying the coast of Crete for the
Admiralty. The official results obtained by him and his staff
are given below in the Appendix as well as in part of the fourth
volume of the Mediterranean Pilot (last edition 1918 with
yearly corrections since). At the same time he made a number
of tours in the interior of the island which resulted not only
in a quantity of information concerning the natural history
and geology of Crete, but also in a critical survey of the
archaeological remains in which he was occasionally able to
supplement or correct Pashley. He published in 1865 two
volumes—Travels and Researches in Crete (Van Voorst) illus-
trated from sketches of his own, the maps being simplifications
of the Admiralty charts. His greatest contribution to our
knowledge of the island is his demonstration of the convulsion
of the earth which tilted the West end of Crete out of the sea
and sank the East end.
Neither his scholarship nor his knowledge of the language
can compete with Pashley's, but his common sense, enthusiasm
and simple directness have produced a most valuable book.
In 1845 Victor Raulin began his work on Crete. His
results were first published in ten articles between 1858 and
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tion. Karl Hoeck's Kreta (Gottingen, 1823-9) ^s trie first
scholarly account of the island. It suffers from the fact that
the author never visited it himself, but even Pashley, a most
stringent critic, is glad to avail himself of Hoeck's suggestions.
From February to September 1834 Robert Pashley, Fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge, made a prolonged tour of the
island during the course of which he identified most of the
important sites with an accuracy which had never before been
attained and has in few cases since been challenged. His
results were published in two volumes, Travels in Crete, by
John Murray in 1837. They are unfortunately incomplete,
private affairs having prevented him from arranging his
material from the East end of the island. Pashley's profound
knowledge of the language as well as of the antiquities render
his work an inexhaustible treasure-house. His scholarship,
his humour, and his way with the Cretans have combined to
give us a fascinating work. His map was drawn before Spratt's
admirable survey and is, in detail, not entirely trustworthy.
But it is far in advance of any previous map and clearly marks
the position of the sites he determined, though it is not above
the suspicion of showing those which in the text he cannot fix.
Captain (later Admiral) T. A. B. Spratt was engaged during
the years 1851-3 in surveying the coast of Crete for the
Admiralty. The official results obtained by him and his staff
are given below in the Appendix as well as in part of the fourth
volume of the Mediterranean Pilot (last edition 1918 with
yearly corrections since). At the same time he made a number
of tours in the interior of the island which resulted not only
in a quantity of information concerning the natural history
and geology of Crete, but also in a critical survey of the
archaeological remains in which he was occasionally able to
supplement or correct Pashley. He published in 1865 two
volumes—Travels and Researches in Crete (Van Voorst) illus-
trated from sketches of his own, the maps being simplifications
of the Admiralty charts. His greatest contribution to our
knowledge of the island is his demonstration of the convulsion
of the earth which tilted the West end of Crete out of the sea
and sank the East end.
Neither his scholarship nor his knowledge of the language
can compete with Pashley's, but his common sense, enthusiasm
and simple directness have produced a most valuable book.
In 1845 Victor Raulin began his work on Crete. His
results were first published in ten articles between 1858 and
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