ECL-Se.2:03/6-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Se.2:03/6-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Kharta, de is tois filomathesi parekhetai eidein meros ti tes Asias... [Greek script]/ Charta in qua cruditis spectanda exhibetur pars Asiae....
Comments
Shows Troy, in northwest Turkey, with Lesbos and the Dardanelles.
Basileios Vatatzis was a Greek traveller and merchant who is believed to be from either Therapeia or Constantinople. He spent some time at the court of Nadir Shah in Persia and travelled extensively in the region to the east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea and present day Afghanistan. This map is the product of his experiences and is the first modern survey of the region. Title in Greek and Latin.
Basileios Vatatzis was a Greek traveller and merchant who is believed to be from either Therapeia or Constantinople. He spent some time at the court of Nadir Shah in Persia and travelled extensively in the region to the east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea and present day Afghanistan. This map is the product of his experiences and is the first modern survey of the region. Title in Greek and Latin.
Description
Content (description)
Script in Greek and Latin on all four sides bordering the map itself.
Content (place)
Central Asia
Dimensions
height (actual size): 340mm
width (actual size): 390mm
width (actual size): 390mm
Dimension note
Map is 340mm x 390mm, overall it measures 555 x 610mm
Inscription
Written in red pencil on the back: Tartary east of the Caspian 6
Materials & techniques note
Line engraving
Production
Person
Vatatzis, Basileios (Mapmaker)
Senex, John, c.1678 - 1740 (Publisher)
Senex, John, c.1678 - 1740 (Engraver)
Senex, John, c.1678 - 1740 (Publisher)
Senex, John, c.1678 - 1740 (Engraver)
Place
London
Date
1732
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Baynton-Williams (no. 86)