Description

An engraved map of the Black Sea under its classical names, The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus, the Sea of Azov and the Euxine, engraved by J. Rufsell for J. J. Barthélemy's eight-volume Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece.

Published by J. Mawman, in the Poultry, London, 1805. The sheet traces the shorelines of present-day Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Crimea, Russia and Georgia, drawn for a reader following an imagined ancient traveler through the Greek world.

Page size 10 1/4 x 15 inches (260 x 381 mm).

Photographs

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 2

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 3

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 4

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 5

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 6

"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805, photograph 7

Details

Subject	Black Sea and Sea of Azov, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Georgia
Engraver	J. Rufsell
From	J. J. Barthélemy, Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Publisher	J. Mawman, in the Poultry, London
Period	1805
Page size	10 1/4 x 15 in (260 x 381 mm)
Reference	eBay item 277775181827