Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Elis and Triphylia. No. 21
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Short Title:
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Elis and Triphylia. No. 21
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Obj Height cm:
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22
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Obj Width cm:
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17
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Scale 1:
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650,000
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Note:
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Copper engraved outline hand color map of Elis and Triphylia in western Ancient Greece. The sanctuary at Olympia, located in this kingdom, was the home of the original Olympic Games in 776 B.C.e. Shows the ancient region's important towns and cities. Relief shown pictorially.
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Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Full Title:
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Elis and Triphylia : for the travels of Anacharsis. By M. Barbie du Bocage, August 1786. 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. 21. Vol. III. p. 412.
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List No:
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2684.025
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Page No:
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21
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Series No:
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25
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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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2684025
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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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Engraver or Printer:
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Cook, T.
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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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1786
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