Subject: Turkey
Period: 1782 (dated)
Publication: Les Voyages du jeune Anacharsis en Greece
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.6 x 7.2 inches
19.3 x 18.3 cm
This is a detailed map of the Dardanelles based on the cartography of D'Anville. Hellespont was the ancient name of this narrow strait. It was so called from Helle, after the daughter of Athamas, who drowned in the strait.
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Condition: A+