Plan. Hydrographic del Co[n]statinople

£2,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Unusual chart of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara to Istanbul with the mouth of the passage to the Black Sea. Hydrographic detail is confined to sections of the shoreline, with anchorages noted. Although there are decorative compass roses, the overall execution and appearance of a working sea-chart. A rare survival thus.

• Year: 1770

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