1835 Map Greece Balkans Ionians Crete by Monin

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1835 Map of Greece and the Balkans by Monin

"Turquie d'Europe et Grèce ou Hellade par C.V. Monin"
Atlas Classique de la Géographie
Ancienne et Moderne
A l'Usage des Colléges et des Pensions
par M. Monin, Ingénieur-Géographe, Membre de la Societé Géographie

Hand Colored Outline

Charles V. Monin, member of La Sociéte de Géographie published a number of atlases in the early 19th century. This map comes from the 'Atlas Classique de la Géographie', published in Lyon and Paris in 1835. Printed in Paris by d'Amédée Saintin, Rue Saint-Jacques 38. Map No. 15.

This detailed authentic map shows countries, divisions, provinces, towns, rivers, and mountains. Northern Greece (including Macedonia) and Crete (Candia) are shown as a part of the Ottoman Empire, as well as the Dodecanese Islands. Also shown are Western Anatolia, Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, and Vojvodina.

Turkish Empire was created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Baghdad and independent Turkish principalities. It occupied a vast territory extending over parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe between the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea. The Balkan Peninsula (European Turkey) was divided into provinces or vilayets, including Turkish Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Crete (Candia), and Rumelia (incl. Constantinople). I can go on and on about this map; it is a magnificent document and a real treat for history buffs. See pictures for more details; click image to view larger version.

Greece's existence as an independent state gained formal recognition in the treaty of 1832 between Bavaria and the Great, or "Protecting," Powers. Significantly, the Greeks themselves were not party to the treaty. Greece now, formally at least, became a sovereign state, and the Greeks were thus the first of the subject peoples of the Ottoman Empire to gain full independence. But the state contained within its borders scarcely one-third of the Greek populations of the Middle East, and the struggle to expand the nation's borders was to dominate the first century of independent statehood.

The Ionian Islands is the island group off the west coast of Greece, stretching south from the Albanian coast to the southern tip of the Peloponnese, and often called Heptanesos ("Seven Islands"). The islands are Corfu, Cephalonia, Zacynthus (Zante), Leucas, Ithaca, Cythera, and Paxos, with their minor dependencies. On the fall of the Venetian republic in 1797, the islands were awarded to France, whose rule was quickly ended by a Russo-Turkish force (1798-99). Russia, in 1800, set up the protectorate of the Septinsular Republic. Reclaimed by France in 1807 and made an integral part of the French empire under Napoleon, the islands were placed by the Treaty of Paris (1815) under the exclusive protection of Great Britain. An Ionian senate and legislative assembly began to function in 1818, but real authority was vested in a British high commissioner. Schools of higher learning and a judiciary were set up, but the inhabitants resented the restrictions imposed by the firm British rule. After 1848 periodic insurrections by the peasantry, notably in Cephalonia, had to be put down with force, and the Ionian parliament voted for immediate union with the new Greek kingdom. In 1864 Britain ceded the islands to Greece

Engraved area is 11.15 x 15.3 inches on 13 x 17.5 inches sheet. Wide margins suitable for framing. Printed on laid paper. One centerfold as issued. Original hand colored outline; nice, decorative cartouche. The condition is fair/good. Imperfections: browning and handling, mainly in margins; one ink spot (below cartouche); paper thinning on verso at upper right; one fold. Still, it is a beautiful map which will look great with a mat and frame.

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