Mid 19th century map of the Black Sea

TALLIS, John.

Black Sea.
London, London Printing and Publishing Co., c.1860. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 260 x 330mm.

Map of the Black Sea and contingent lands, including Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Crimea and Armenia, with decorative vignettes views of Sebastopol, Varna, Odessa, Sinope, Constantinople and Silistria.
This example was published after the beginning of the Crimean War: it markes the undersea telegraph cable linking the Allied naval base in Varna in Bulgaria to the camps of the soldiers besieging Sebastopol.


Stock ID : 18558