COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Attica, Megaris and part of the Island of Euboea. No. 9
Obj Height cm:
19
Obj Width cm:
19
Scale 1:
66,000
Note:
Outline colored map. Covers the regions surrounding the cities of Athens, Megara (the birthplace of Euclid) and Thebes. The island of Euboea, originally believed to be a part of the mainland until it was separated by an earthquake, is the second largest island in Greece after Crete. Shows rivers and cities. Relief shown pictorially.
Reference:
cfP3049.
Full Title:
Attica, Megaris and part of the Island of Euboea, for the travels of Anacharsis. By M. Barbie du Bocage. May 1785. 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. 9. Vol. II. chap. VI, p.96.
List No:
2684.013
Page No:
9
Series No:
13
Pub Date:
1793
Pub Title:
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).
Pub Reference:
cfP3049.
Pub Note:
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.
Pub List No:
2684.000
Pub Maps:
30
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
2684013
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Greece
City:
Athens (Greece)
Engraver or Printer:
Cook, T.
Publication Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Date:
1785
Attica, Megaris and part of the Island of Euboea. No. 9
