Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Chart of the Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus. No. 5
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Short Title:
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Chart of the Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus. No. 5
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Obj Height cm:
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20
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Obj Width cm:
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25
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Scale 1:
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7,000,000
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Note:
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Uncolored map of Black Sea, Crimea Turkey. Shows rivers, mountains, and major cities. Relief shown pictorially.
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Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Full Title:
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Chart of the Palus Maeotis and Pontus Euxinus, for the travels of Anacharsis. Designed principally after M. D'Anville. By M. Barbie du Bocage. MDCCLXXXI (1781). T. Cook Sc. (to accompany) Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece ... Second Edition ... M.DCC.XCIII. (1793). (on upper margin) No. 5. Vol.II. p.7.
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List No:
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2684.009
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Page No:
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5
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Series No:
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9
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Pub Date:
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1793
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Pub Title:
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Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian Era. Second Edition. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and for L. White, Dublin. M.DCC.XCIII. (1793).
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Pub Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Pub Note:
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2nd edition with 30 folded plates of maps and views, table of contents, and text, titled "Critical observations on the maps of ancient Greece: compiled for The Travels of Anacharsis the younger. By M. Barbie du Bocage": pages. 5-51." Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who traveled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCE. Includes detailed study of the architecture of Classical Athens, superbly illustrated with plans and views. Some plates are outline hand colored. Bound in half leather, marbled paper covers.
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Pub List No:
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2684.000
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Pub Maps:
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30
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Pub Height cm:
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28
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Pub Width cm:
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21
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Image No:
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2684009
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Publisher:
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G.G. & J. Robinson
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Country:
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Greece
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Country:
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Turkey
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Region:
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Black Sea.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Cook, T.
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Engraver or Printer:
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White, L.
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Publication Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Pub Type:
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Classical Atlas
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Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Date:
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1781
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