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Rare map of the Dardanells, 1788
Rare map of the Dardanells, 1788
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Author: Maire, François Joseph
Title: Hellespont ou detroit des Dardanelles pour servir de renseignement a la carte des limites des trois empires ou théatre de la guerre presente...
Place Published: Vienna?
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Date Published: 1788
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Copper-engraved map, hand coloring in outline. 29x63 cm (11½x24¾"), backed with linen, sectioned for folding.



Rare map of the Dardanelles, the Hellespont of antiquity, connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. There are insets of four forts. OCLC lists only two examples, one in the British Library, one at Sachsische Landesbibliothek in Germany. Part of the sequence of maps "Carte generales des Limites entre les trois Empires..." in illustration of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792.

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Minor toning, spots of glue residue on the back; very good or better.
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Rare map of the Dardanells, 1788

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