WYLD

MAP OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

THE BLACK SEA

AND THE FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA AND PERSIA

by James WYLD

London, 1853

Hand-coloured engraving. 520 x 692mm. 20½ x 27¼”. Folded.

A map of the Ottoman Empire to include parts of Southern Russia, Asia and Europe. The dates seen in Russia refer to the year the Russians acquired control of those areas. Also included are insets of the port of Odessa, the harbour of Sebastopol, the port of Batoum, the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. Published to illustrate the Russo-Turkish borders at the beginning of the Crimean War.