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hand-colored copperplate engraving of the straits of Bosphorus, centered on the region around Constantinople. The topography is depicted pictorially. The map is part of (Plate 53) P. Mortier's Atlas Antiquus, based upon the work of Nicolas Sanson. This map was drawn by Guillaume Sanson, the son of Nicolas Sanson.


cartography
1700-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Mortier, P.; Sanson, Guillaume
ink; color; paper
20 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam