Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Amerika - Eckford starb 1832 in Konstantinopel - veröffentlichte De Kay 1833 seine Reiseeindrücke als "Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by an American. ###>He then traveled with his father-in-law to Turkey as a ship's physician, and published a book, "Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832," about these travels.