De Fer’s Map of Dardanelles & Constantinople
SKU: 9081
£300.00
Title:
De Fer’s Map of Dardanelles & Constantinople
Date of publication:
1705
Printed Measurement:
23.5 x 34.5 cm
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Veue Des Dardanelles De Constantinople
Copper engraving, 23.5 x 34.5 cm, black and white, one or two slight nicks and tears to left hand margin, blank verso. Published in De Fer’s ‘Atlas Curieux’.
This map depicts the European and Asian shores of the Dardanelles, with the powerful fortifications protecting the approaches to the Sea of Marmara and the Ottoman capital of Constantinople, shown on the horizon beyond.