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CARPATHUS (Ital. Scarpanto)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARPATHUS (Ital. Scarpanto) , an See also:island about 30 M. See also:south-See also:west of See also:Rhodes, in that See also:part of the Mediterranean which was called, after it, the Carpathian See also:Sea (Carpathium See also:Mare). It was both in See also:ancient and See also:medieval times closely connected with Rhodes; it was held by See also:noble families under Venetian See also:suzerainty, notably the Cornari from 1306 to 1540, when it finally passed into the See also:possession of the See also:Turks. From its remote position Carpathus has preserved many peculiarities of See also:dress, customs and See also:dialect, the last resembling those of Rhodes and See also:Cyprus. See L. See also:Ross, Reisen auf den gr. Inseln (See also:Halle, 1840•-1845) ; T. See also:Bent, See also:Journal of Hellenic Studies, vi. (1885), p. 235; R. M. See also:Dawkins; See also:Annual of See also:British School at See also:Athens;'ix. and x.

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