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02 Jan 1814

Captain for the East India Company John Macdonald Kinneir arrived at the port of Famagusta

Captain for the East India Company John Macdonald Kinneir arrived at the port of Famagusta: 

I hired a boat to carry us to Famagusta, in the island of Cyprus, where we landed on the 2d of January, after a voyage of fifteen hours. The entrance into the harbour is not I should suppose, more than eighty, or a hundred yards wide, defended on one side by a bastion of the works, and on the other by a ruined tower. This port could once admit vessels of a considerable draft of water; but since the conquest of the Turks, sand and rubbish have been suffered to accumulate in such a degree, that none but small vessels can now enter it with safety.

Captain for the East India Company John Macdonald Kinneir arrived at the port of Famagusta - history today 0102_1814.jpg