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"The Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus", Black Sea Map, 1805
Engraved map of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov · J. Mawman, London · 1805
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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).
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 |
Condition
In very good, clean condition, with some minor spotting and light edge toning. Otherwise well preserved, with the original fold line as issued.
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