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C. Rochfort‏ (Charles Rochfort) Scott

1790–1872

A British army officer with a strong taste for travel, he wrote vivid nineteenth-century accounts of southern Spain, Egypt, and Crete that mix landscape, local custom, and firsthand observation.

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Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 2/2

Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 2/2

by C. Rochfort‏ (Charles Rochfort) Scott

Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2

Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2

by C. Rochfort‏ (Charles Rochfort) Scott

About the author

Best known in the book world as C. Rochfort Scott, Charles Rochfort Scott lived from 1790 to 1872 and wrote travel books drawn from his journeys in the Mediterranean world. Project Gutenberg and Open Library both list him as the author of Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada and Rambles in Egypt and Candia.

His writing has the feel of a soldier-traveler: practical, observant, and interested in the places and people he encountered. In Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada, he explores southern Spain in detail, while Rambles in Egypt and Candia reflects his travels in Egypt and Crete.

There is also a historical figure named Charles Rochfort Scott who appears in military reference sources as a British Army officer and later Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, but the biographical records do not line up neatly with the 1790–1872 dates used in library catalogs for the author. Because of that mismatch, it is safest to focus on the travel books that can be clearly confirmed.