Second Ottoman period · Harbour and pier · Water and mills · Travellers
Ottoman frigates anchor off 'the Mills'
c. 1815 Proven
Pouqueville noted that the frigates of the Kapudan Pasha, the Ottoman admiral, had to anchor off the beach of Lerna, 'commonly called the Mills', and that ships calling there took on fresh water. A century after the Venetian fleet, the springs still supplied the warships in the gulf.
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- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- F.-C.-H.-L. Pouqueville, Voyage de la Grèce, 2nd ed., vol. V, Paris 1827, book XIV, ch. IV (p. c. 234) and ch. VI Open (opens in a new tab)
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