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"[Lot of 2] A New & Accurate Map of Turky in Asia, Arabia &c… [and] A New & Accurate Map of Turky in Europe, with the adjacent Countries of Hungary, Little Tartary &c.", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Middle East, Turkish Empire

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication: A Complete System of Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.5 x 13.7 inches
41.9 x 34.8 cm
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Fine pair of maps that describe the Turkish Empire. The first focuses on the Asian part of the empire from modern-day Turkey through the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. It provides interesting detail of roads and water sources. The second map covers the European part of the empire in the Balkans and Greece. It includes all of the Greek Islands to Candia and names Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Transylvania, Hungary, etc. Both have finely engraved compass roses and scenic cartouches.

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Condition: A

Issued folded, now flattened. Minor soil and edge tears in blank margins, not affecting the map.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $325

Closed on 5/20/2009

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