CONSTANTINOPLE

founded 330 A. |. | by Const an tine the Great, on the site S| the ancient and famous Byzantium, star © | at the southern end of the Bosporus. T © | Golden Horn, an inlet running up abo - | five miles inland from the strait, separa! >| the city into two parts, in the m« ©} northerly of which Christians most ©} reside. Stamboul, the Turkish name 1 the southern part, or Constant i no + propers containg most of the wonder! ¥i bail dings that delight the travell: || pre-eminent among which is the Mosq lof Saint Sophia. The manufactures {| Constantinople are not important, but * | is a great entrepdt of commerce, the tra amounting, pres and imports togeth: ito £10,000, per annum; populati * | 1,125,000. »| OONSTANTINOPLE, [s. 107]