COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Date:
1784
Short Title:
The Biosphorus of Thrace. No. 6
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
31
Scale 1:
120,000
Note:
Uncolored copper engraved map of Grecian Thrace, Bosphorus, Pontos, etc. with an inset view of Byzantium / Constantinople / Istanbul (long before it was known by those names). Shows rivers, mountains, etc. Relief shown by hachures and formlines.
Reference:
cfP3049.
Country:
Turkey
Region:
Bosporus (Turkey)
Full Title:
The Biosphorus of Thrace : for the travels of Anacharsis. By M. Barbie du Bocage. July 1784. (inset) Plan of Byzantium. (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. 6. Vol. II. p.35.
List No:
2684.010
Page No:
6
Series No:
10
Publication Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Pub Date:
1793
Pub Title:
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).
Pub Reference:
cfP3049.
Pub Note:
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.
Pub List No:
2684.000
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Pub Maps:
30
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
2684010
Authors:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Link To Source
The Biosphorus of Thrace. No. 6
