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Field photograph·Csn3018

Steam at Saitta

Stream cascading over large boulders at Saitta, with trees and dense foliage along the banks.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3018. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stream runs down a rocky channel, with white water tumbling over smooth boulders in the foreground. Tall trees and dense foliage line the banks, and more large rocks sit in the water and on the slopes above. A printed caption block is pasted along the lower edge of the mounted print.

English, as on the record

STEAM AT SAITTA. Edwards Studio "The mountaine of Olympus lies on the south of Lapethia, high, and taking up fiftie miles with his basis… Clothes with trees of all sorts and stored with fountains." George Sandys-1610 (Relation of a Journey)

English, as on the record

STEAM AT SAITTA. Edwards Studio "The mountaine of Olympus lies on the south of Lapethia, high, and taking up fiftie miles with his basis… Clothes with trees of all sorts and stored with fountains." George Sandys-1610 (Relation of a Journey)