"The Gulf of Engia or Athenen". Saronic Gulf of Aegina MOUNT/PAGE chart 1747 map


Here followeth the draught of the Gulf of Engia, or Athenen. Artist/engraver/cartographer: William & J. Mount, and Thomas Page. Provenance: "The English Pilot - Part III, describing the sea-coasts, capes, head-lands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers and ports. Together with the soundings, sands, rocks and dangers in the whole Mediterranean sea, likewise the courses and distances, from one place to another. The setting of the tides and currents. The ebbing and flowing of the sea. The bearing, distance and prospects of the land, and how they shew themselves at Sea", London, printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXLVII. Type: Antique 18th century copperplate map. The following places are shown or referred to on the map: Athens – Porto Lion – Viertoren – St. Brusina (Salamina) – Gaudeb – Gadrionisi – C. Colom – Macronisi (Makronisos) – St. George


Size: 2799px × 2194px
Location: Greece
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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