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10 May 1929

10 May 1929: Alfiros wrote to his mother about Limnitis.

10 May 1929: Alfiros wrote to his mother about Limnitis.“I have just returned from a quick walk down to Limnitis and back. It is a ramble of about a …

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13 May 1958

13 May 1958: Edith Belcher, wife of the American Consul, wrote in her diary about …
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14 May 1589

Seigneur de Villamont, on his way to the Holy Land, visited Cyprus where he landed …
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15 May 1461

A narrative from George Boustronios chronicle:
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15 May 1821

The Reverent Levi Parsons had a conversation with a priest in Paphos:
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17 May 1837

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease put some of his observations down on paper:
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17 May 1838

American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease describes the Salt Lake and his subsequent visit to Tekke:
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17 May 1881

The British explored the Cypriot countryside but without losing their habits or lowering their standards!
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18 May 1929

18 May 1929: Just after Easter, Alfiros prepares to welcome the group at Vouni.
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19 May 1596

The traveller Fynes Moryson, also recorded as Fines or Fiennes, visited Cyprus in 1596. He …
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19 May 1683

Cornelis van Bruyn had embarked on 15 May in a little vessel laden with salt …
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19 May 1930

Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm, writing to his mother, explained his troubles with labour in Cyprus:
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20 May 1632

Le Sieur de Stochove arrived in Cyprus after an adventurous journey:
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