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WYLD
MAP OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
THE BLACK SEA AND THE FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA AND PERSIA
by James WYLD
London. Published by Ja.s Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. November 9t. 1853.
Hand-coloured engraving. 520 x 692mm. 20½ x 27¼”. Folded. In its original box/>Cover
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.
$ 700,00
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