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C1791
Plan of Athens, for the Travels of Anacharsis, may 1784.
Scare map from The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era. Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan of Athens, for the Travels of Anacharsis, may 1784.
Date:
C1791
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1791
Description:
Scare map from The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era. Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken ‘barbarian’, apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived. (Source wikipedia)
Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848)
Bocage was a well known French map maker and publisher. Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825) and his son Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848) were French cartographers and cosmographers. Jean was a student of d'Anville and friend of Bartholomew and was first attached to the cabinet of medals from the Library of King (1785). He was appointed Geographer of the Department of External Relations (1803), member of the Institute (1806), and finally professor of geography at the Faculty of Arts of Paris (1809). He influenced many Parisian cartographers and publishers of the time.
