Morea expedition
The Morea Expedition (French: Expédition de Morée ) was a French military operation between 1828 and 1833. It took place at the time of the Greek Revolution and led to the Peloponnese , then called Morea. The military goal was to weaken the influence of the Ottoman Empire . In April 1826 Mesolongi had been taken by the Ottoman Empire after several sieges. On October 20, 1827, a fleet of French, English and Russians won the naval battle at Navarino . In 1828 the expeditionary corps went ashore at Koroni and stayed there until 1833. The military operation was under the command of Nicolas-Joseph Maison , who commanded around 13,000 soldiers.
The records of the scholars, engineers and artists who accompanied the expedition and documented the landscape, fauna, flora and archaeological sites are considered to be a lasting value of the expedition.
publication
Section des Beaux-Arts
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Abel Blouet , Amable Ravoisié , Achille Poirot , Félix Trézel , Frédéric de Gournay : Expédition scientifique de Morée, ordonnée par le gouvernement français . 3 volumes, Paris 1831, 1833, 1838 digitized (Heidelberg University Library) , digitized ETH Zurich .
- Vol. 1 digitized on Gallica , digitized (Arachne)
- Vol. 2 digitized on Gallica ,
- Vol. 3 digitized on Gallica , digitized (Arachne) .
Section des Sciences Physiques
- Vol. 1: Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent , Relation. [ du voyage de la Commission scientifique de Morée dans le Péloponnèse, les Cyclades et l'Attique ], Paris 1836–1838. (Text volume, copy Bib. Naples) in the Google book search, (Copy Lausanne) in the Google book search, (Copy Lyon) in the Google book search, (Text volume 1st part, copy Uni Complutense) in the Google book search .
- Vol. 2,1: Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (et collaborateurs), Géographie et Géologie , 1st part Géographie , Paris 1834. (Univ. Michigan) in the Google book search.
- Vol. 2,2: Emile Le Puillon de Boblaye, P. Th. V. d'Aoust: Géographie et Géologie , 2nd part Géologie et Minéralogie , Paris 1833. (Copy Uni. Lausanne) in the Google book search, (Copy BSB) in the Google book search.
- Vol. 3,1,1: MIG Saint-Hilaire: Zoology , 1st part Des animaux vertébrés. Mammifères et Oiseaux (Avec un Mémoire sur quelques fragmens d'un temple grec, représant les douze travaux d'Hercule, by M. É. G. Saint-Hilaire), Paris 1833. Reprinted in 1856 (copy of the National Library of Naples) in the Google Book search.
- Vol. 3,1,2: M. Brullé: Zoologie , 2. Teil Des animaux articulés , Paris 1832. (copy BSB) in the Google book search, (copy ÖNB) in the Google book search.
- Vol. 3,2: Jean Baptiste Fauché , Adolphe Brongniart , Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Louis Anastase Chaubard: Botanique , Paris 1832. (copy of the University of Lausanne) in the Google book search.
- Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Louis Athanase Chaubard : Nouvelle Flore du Péloponnèse et des Cyclades. , 1838 (édition revue et augmentée de Flore de Morée. De 1832).
- Atlas , Paris 1831–1833, digitized on Gallica (Série: Botanique):
Recherches geographiques
- Emil le Puillou de de Boblaye : Recherches Géographiques sur les Ruines de Morée. , Paris 1836. (copy of the University of Lausanne) in the Google book search, (copy ÖNB) in the Google book search, (copy BSB) in the Google book search.
In addition, participants brought out their own reports that were not part of the official publication.