1838 Dated Large Map of Greece Ionians Crete Rhodes
1838 Dated Map of the Kingdom of Greece, Ionian Republic, Macedonia,
Crete, and the Aegean Sea
by Lapie/Tardieu
Carte de la Grèce, et de l'Archipel,
Dressee par M. Lapie,
Colonel et M. Lapie fils, Capit. d'Etat Major. Paris, 1838. Chez
P.C. Lehuby, Rue de Seine, No. 48.
Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne, Précéde
d'un Abrégé
de Géographie Physique et Historique
Par M. Lapie, Colonel au Corps Royal d'État-Major,
Ancien Directeur du Cabinet Topographique
et Premier Géograpge du Roi, Chef de la Section
Topographique du Ministère de la Guerre, Chevalier de Saint-Louis,
Officier de la Légion-d'Honneur et Commandeur de L'Ordre Grec du
Sauveur;
et M. Lapie Fils, Captaine au Corps Royal d'État-Major, Ancien
eleve de l'Ecole Polytechnique,
Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur
Paris, , Libraire-Éditeur, Rue de Seine Saint-Germain, No. 55
1841
Shows the Dodecanese, Constantinople, the Sea of Marmara
Double Page Folio Map. Outline Hand Color. Four Informative Pages in French
This map comes from the Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et
Moderne...
by Colonel Pierre Lapie (1779-1850) and his son Alexandre Emile Lapie
(1809-1850)
who worked on maps with his father, and was a Captain in the same Guards
Division as his father.
From around 1820 Pierre Lapie was First Geographer to the King of
France, Chief of the Topographic Section of the War Office, military
cartographer, and publisher. In 1829, with Alexandre Emile, Pierre
issued Atlas Universel... , which was
reissued in 1837, 1841, and later.
The map was engraved in 1838
by Pierre Tardieu, a foremost French 19th century engraver.
Plate No. 32.
Upper left: Atlas Universel.
Lower left: Grave par Pierre Tardieu. Lower right:
Imp: chez Kaeppelin et Cie à Paris.
This authentic double-page folio
map of Greece and the Aegean Sea
shows detail of the interior and coastal line, including states,
provinces, cities, towns, roads,
rivers, and mountans. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris.
The map depicts:
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The Kingdom of Greece. Greece
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.
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The Ionian Republic ("Iles Ioniennes")
- 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 (Ste. Maure), Ithaca, Cythera,
and Paxos, with their minor dependencies.
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.
In 1864 Britain
ceded the islands to Greece.
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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 map shows
northern Greece (including Macedonia)
and Crete (Ile de Candie) as part of the Ottoman Empire, as well as
the Dodecanese Islands (including Rhodes, Cos), Lesbos, and Chios
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Rumelia (incl. Constantinople) and the Sea of Marmara
Four
large bonus pages (69-72) from the atlas are included. They contain
interesting information (in French) on:
- Royaume de Grèce (p. 69)
- Republiqie de Iles Ioniennes (p. 70, top).
The Ionians are said to be under British
protectorate (... sous le protection de l'Angleterre).
- Divisions of Asia (Table, p. 70, bottom)
- General description of Asia (p. 71-72), including Greek provinces of Asia Minor.
There are most interesting data on geography, history,
annual revenue, army, and population.
The map is a magnificent document and a treat for history buffs.
See pictures
for more details; click image to view larger version.
The map is 15.7 x 21.6 inches
printed on 19.9 x 26.3 inches sheet of strong paper. One
centerfold, as issued. Hand colored outline.
The condition is
good. Imperfections: faint water stains, mainly in margins.
The additional pages have dimensions 13.3 x 19.8 inches.
Will look great with a mat and
frame.
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