Princesses of the waterway:

Back cover text: ... in the six huge caiques called sandalya that cleared the way for the Imperial caique, the palace officials stood facing the Sultan in order to avoid turning disrespectfully their backs to their sovereign. One day, those delicately shaped caiques, where everybody squatted leaning...

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1. Verfasser: Sonman, Terry (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: İstanbul Terry Sonman ; Uniprint 2003
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Zusammenfassung:Back cover text: ... in the six huge caiques called sandalya that cleared the way for the Imperial caique, the palace officials stood facing the Sultan in order to avoid turning disrespectfully their backs to their sovereign. One day, those delicately shaped caiques, where everybody squatted leaning slightly at water level, stumbled upon these new boats beating the sea with their paddle-wheels and with thick smoke swirling from their chimneys. This event seemed to have frightened away the "Princesses" who were used for centuries to the oarsmen's strokes. With this new era, Istanbul's Waterway passed from men's hands to the reign of the machine, and from then on sandals and ferries took precedence. The amiable hullabaloo among the baskets and bundles, the water buffaloes and other livestock waiting to be loaded and forced onto mavnas, ended with the introduction of car ferries. Indeed, with the "Sahilbent", the world's first car ferry! Then not before long the caravans of çektirmes towed by tugboats and the brightly colored takas from the Black Sea felt the sorrow of being unable to keep up with modern-days.From Homer's time to ours, Istanbul's Waterway remained important to Istanbouliots. Nevertheless will this waterway still be capable to add some magic to our lives... An enchanting waterway, a life intertwined with the sea and its sailing princesses. This is what this book is about...
Beschreibung:Aus dem Türkischen übersetzt
Beschreibung:211 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 28 x 28 cm
ISBN:9789759225919

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