Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: The Hellespont. No. 7
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Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Date:
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1782
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Short Title:
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The Hellespont. No. 7
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Publisher:
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G.G. & J. Robinson
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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20
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Obj Width cm:
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21
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Scale 1:
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580,000
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Note:
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Uncolored engraved map of Dardanelles. Shows rivers, mountains, and major towns. Relief shown pictorially.
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Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Region:
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Dardanelles Strait (Turkey)
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Full Title:
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The Hellespont : for the travels of Anacharsis. Designed from the plan given by M. D'ANville in the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and other Materials. By M. Barbie du Bocage. May 1782. T. Cook, Sc. (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. 7. Vol. II. p.45.
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List No:
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2684.011
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Page No:
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7
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Series No:
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11
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Engraver or Printer:
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Cook, T.
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Publication Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Pub Date:
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1793
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Pub Title:
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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).
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Pub Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Pub Note:
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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.
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Pub List No:
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2684.000
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Pub Type:
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Classical Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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30
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Pub Height cm:
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28
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Pub Width cm:
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21
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Image No:
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2684011
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Authors:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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