Abords et Entrée des Dardanelles. Mer Mediterranée.
(Paris). Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine, 1883, but 1894. Stock ID #178272 Fine and impressive large naval chart of this strategically important strait, then still under the control of the Ottoman Empire. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178272.
Engraved hydrographical chart on watermarked double sheet, 99 x 63 cm, soundings in metres, lighthouses picked out in yellow and red, inset map of the port and town of Tenedos, central fold, a few very slight edge tears (to the generous margins), light spotting and surface soiling, but in very good condition.
From a private collection; "Lord John Fitzroy, Royal Yacht Squadron" in manuscript on the verso.
Price: $975.00 AU