Akhilleus Tumulus at the Entrance of the Dardanelles (1801, William Gell) Sir Richard Torkington, an English priest and traveler. In 1517, he embarked on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. According to his accounts, his journey was quite adventurous, reaching the lands of Palestine via the islands of Corfu and Crete. Although it was defined as the oldest English travel text in 1884, this is not true. In Torkington's texts, a Philhellenic (Admiration of Greek Culture) perspective is seen in the Englishman Guylforde, who made a similar journey in 1506, and interestingly, what he wrote about the Turks and Troy is very similar to what Guylforde wrote, even though it was ten years later. This situation is also interesting in terms of showing how travelers influenced each other and copied texts:
"Beyond the Greek land, in an arm of the sea, is Asia. Almost at the entrance point lies Troy; the harbor of Bozcaada (Tendos) rises from the sea. All the lands of Troy are inherited by the Turks and are rightly called Turkey. However, the Turks in later times seized the Greek land and other countries and named these places Turkey."
