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TUR102 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT “Map of Turkey in Europe together with the Ionian Islands”. Phila. 1850. 12X9½. Colorful map shows the Balkans, Walachia, Greece, Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea and Candia. Includes shipping route from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. 

TUR105 - R. BONNE “Partie Meridionale De la Turquie D'Europe” Paris. 1781. Colored. 9X12½. This fine map shows Turkey in Europe bordering the Greek Archipelago & the Aegean Sea with all the Greek Islands and the city of Athens on Greece's eastern coast. Includes Macedonia & Rumania, the city of Constantinople, the Sea of Marmara & the Black Sea. Locates Smyrna on Turkey's western coast along with Gallipoli and the Dardanelles. The islands of Rhodes, Scapanto and Crete are located in the Mediterraneanean Sea. From “Atlas Portatif” by Abbe Grenet.(779-1781.) A very detailed map.

TUR106 - R. BONNE “Carte Moderne De La Majeure Partie De La Turquie D'Asie, avec les Pays Circonvoisins Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine.” Paris. Sept. 1781. Colored. 13X8½. The focus of this detailed map is on Turkey in Asia, showing the Black Sea, the Crimea & the Sea of Azov and the provinces of Garamanie, Roum, Armenie, Aderbijan, Curdistan, Irac-Ajemi, Irac-Arabi, Gezira & Persia. Includes the Arabian Desert, Syria, Palestine, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. This fine map shows the regions & boundaries as they were known to 18th century cartographers. From “Atlas Portatif” by the Abbe Grenet. (1779-1781.)

TUR109 - J. LATTRE “Turquie d'Europe et Partie de Celle d'Asie Divisee par G. de Gouvernements.” Paris. 1783. Colored. 7¼X10. Finely drawn and engraved map of the region in Europe located between the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, the Gulf of Venice & the Mediterranean Sea. The region is comprised of Turkey, Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece, Bosnia, Jugoslavia and the coast of Dalmatia. The map has a Table down the right side listing the countries and capital cities & their latitudes. Includes the islands of Crete and Cyprus (Candie and Chipre). Engraved by Jean Lattre (d.1782) Chief Engraver to King Louis XVI in Paris & published in “Petit Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Elementaire.” The title in lower left is in a decorative cartouche ornamented with scrolls, leaves & flowers.

TUR110 - J. TALLIS “Turkey in Asia” London. c.1850. Colored. 10X13. Very decorative map of Turkey in Asia with colorful vignettes of Jerusalem, “The Castles of Europe & Asia”, an Ostrich-like bird & a group of people in native dress talking together with a monument in the background. The map shows the Black Sea, Constantinople & the Sea of Marmara. Includes the Aegean sea-coast, with islands, & Cyrpus in the eastern Mediterranean with the coast of Syria & Palestine. Inland includes Algezira & part of Iraq & Arabia. The map has a decorative border frame designed with scrolls and leaves. Published in “The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical” by John Tallis in 1850.

TUR111 - J. MURRAY “Map of Constantinople” 1882. B/W. 11X12½. From Murray's Handbook to the Mediterranean. Intensely detailed map depicts streets & commercial buildings, mosques, Greek & American Churches. Locates the shoreline on the Sea of Marmara & Constantinople's Harbor. Locates the Golden Horn, the Port of Commerce . The Dutch & Italian Consulates & the English Embassy. An inset map in lower right is titled “Scutari” & shows the Great Turkish Cemetery. As the map was designed for the use of visitors & tourists it shows the track of the Adrianople & Constantinople Railway running around the southern coast of the City. Engraved & designed by Edward Weller, the map was published by John Murray (1808-1892). Murray's Handbooks were thought to be the basis for the later Baedeker Guides. The map was folded into the book but has been pressed flat & is ready for framing.

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