Plan de Constantinople et du Bosphore - Antique map

Author: Maire, F. J.

Publisher: Maire

Published: Vienna

Publishing year: 1788

"Plan de Constantinople et du Bosphore pou servir de renseignement a la Carte des Limites des trois Empires, ou Theatre de la Guerre". Orig. copper-engraving after F. J. Maire's map of Dardanelles. Published in Vienna, 1788. Orig. old colouring. With oval title-cartouche and inset plan of the Topkapi Palace of Istanbul ("Plan du Serrail", 10:15,5 cm). 27,5:59,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).

Detailed map of the strait of the Dardanelles between Aegean and Marmara Sea. - Francois Joseph Maire (1738 - ca. 1800) was a publisher, geographer and engineer active in Vienna. He published some maps in relation to the Russian-Austrian-Turkish war of 1787-91. - With traces of the original foldings.

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