BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN POSSESSIONS. Gib Malta Corfu Zante. RAPKIN/TALLIS 1851 map

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British Possessions in the Mediterranean. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin; vignette illustrations drawn & engraved by H Winkles. Published by John Tallis & Co. Provenance: "Tallis's Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial and Statistical", edited by R Montgomery Martin Esq., published by John Tallis and Company, London & New York. Type: Antique engraved map by J Rapkin, published by John Tallis. Original outline hand colour, decorative border, and attractive inset vignette views. The map shows Gibraltar, Malta and Gozo, and the Ionian Islands including Corfu, Paxo, Zante, Cephalonia, Maura & Ithaca. The United States of the Ionian Islands (Greek: Ἡνωμένον Κράτος τῶν Ἰονίων Νήσων) was a state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. It was the successor state of the Septinsular Republic. It covered the territory of the Ionian Islands, located in modern Greece, to whom it was ceded as a gift of the United Kingdom to the newly enthroned King George I, at the end of the protectorate. Vignettes: Gibraltar; Valetta; Vathi, Ithaca; Corfu

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Size: 3080px × 4292px
Location: Mediterranean
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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