Map Military sketch of the country between the Danube and Constantinople Theatre of war in Turkey

Title

• Military sketch of the country between the Danube and Constantinople

Other Title

• Theatre of war in Turkey

Names

• Prussia (Kingdom). Armee. Grosser Generalstab, cartographer
• Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector
• Wyld, James, 1790-1836, publisher

Created / Published

• [London] : Published by James Wyld Geographer to the King, 1828.

Headings

• -  Coasts--Black Sea--Maps
• -  Black Sea Coast (Romania)--Maps
• -  Black Sea Coast (Bulgaria)--Maps
• -  Black Sea Coast (Turkey)--Maps
• -  Fortification--Turkey--Bosporus--Maps
• -  Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829--Maps
• -  Danube River Delta (Romania and Ukraine)--Maps
• -  Black Sea
• -  Romania--Black Sea Coast
• -  Bulgaria--Black Sea Coast
• -  Turkey--Black Sea Coast
• -  Turkey--Bosporus
• -  Romania--Danube River Delta
• -  Ukraine--Danube River Delta

Genre

• Physical maps
• Military maps

Notes

• -  Physical relief map of the western littoral region of the Black Sea between the Danube Delta (Romania) and the Bosporus (Turkey)--part of the Ottoman Empire.
• -  Relief shown by hachures.
• -  Issued at the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829.
• -  Hand colored to emphasize coastlines and the delta.
• -  When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 21 panels to enable folding.
• -  The printed map is a lithograph with a manuscript (india ink) border.
• -  LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC acquisitions stamping in map area (lower right), cloth backing has various light stains, sheet edged with black cloth hem.
• -  Includes inset map of "Defences of the Bosphorus" and bar scale.
• -  Two printed title labels, publisher's advert label, and handwritten (cursive script) identification label signed "Millard Fillmore, March 1856, 191" affixed to cloth backing (verso).
• -  Vault

Medium

• 1 map : color, mounted on cloth backing ; 96 x 62 cm, folded to 22 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G5692.B5C2 1828 .P7

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5692b.fi000191r
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5692b.fi000191v

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2018588002

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2018588002

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