Mid 19th century map of Greece with decorative vignettes
Ionian Isles and Greece.
London: John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel engraving with original outline colour, printed area 330 x 260mm.
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A detailed Victorian map of Greece with inset maps of Corfu and Stampalia, with the ' United States of the Ionian Islands' marked in red as a British Protectorate. Decorative vignettes including a Greek War Chariot, wrestling and Corsairs.
The map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin for the 'The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, Geographical Political, Commercial & Statistical', edited by Montgomery Martin, which was one of the last decorative atlases to be published.









