Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian · Consul / diplomat

Alexander Drummond

1709–1769 · United Kingdom

British traveller and diplomat.

Life and work

  1. 11 May 1744
    Left London for the Levant.

    LondonCobham 1908, p. 270

  2. 6 March 1745
    Reached Larnaca; left Cyprus again on 15 May 1745 for Alexandretta and Aleppo. Wrote that the island had hardly any vestige of antiquity, yet would like to see Paphos.

    LarnacaCobham 1908, p. 270-271

  3. April 1750
    Second short tour of the island.

    CyprusCobham 1908, p. 270

  4. 1754
    Published in London in folio 'Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and several parts of Asia', letters to his brother and friends, with sections on Cyprus (map). Cobham reprints extracts from Letters VI, VII, VIII and XIII, and judges that 'his industry is more noteworthy than his taste'.

    LondonCobham 1908, p. 270Marangou 2000, p. 29

  5. 1754
    Described the ruins of Salamis (temple court 650 by 390 feet, a possible circus), cited by the 1890 Cyprus Exploration Fund excavators.

    SalamisMunro et al. 1891

  6. 1754
    Described vaults and a 'Templum Veneris' at Paphos, placed west of the port, per Papuci-Wladyka (ed.) 2020.

    Nea PaphosPapuci-Władyka 2020

Connections

2 people

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Alexander Drummond (1754). Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and several parts of Asia. London.
  2. 2.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  3. 3.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  4. 4.J. A. R. Munro, H. A. Tubbs, W. Wroth (1891). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1890: Third Season's Work: Salamis”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 12, 59-198. Online
  5. 5.E. Papuci-Władyka (ed.) (2020). Interdisciplinary Research of the Jagiellonian University in Nea Paphos UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011-2015): First Results.