The American journalist William Eleroy Curtis cruises the Black Sea and travels inland through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Daghestan, the Crimea and Romania. He describes ancient Trebizond, the city of Tiflis, Mount Ararat, the oil refineries of Baku, Turkish railway concessions and the persecution of the Armenians, including the massacres of 1909.
A vivid snapshot of a troubled region on the eve of the First World War. Download the free EPUB.