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Athens / Historic map, Library of Congress

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Athens / Historic map, Library of Congress

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Summary

Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens as in 1832.
Relief shown by hachures.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
"Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Nov'r 1.1832."
"Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."
LC copy imperfect: Brittle, torn at margins.
Includes notes, inset of "Acropolis of Athens", a ground-level "Panorama of Athens from the original drawing of C.R. Cockerell Esq're A.R.A." in 3 segments in the left/top/right-hand margins, 2 ground-level views of the Acropolis (in its original form), and ill. of principal buildings (in their original forms) in the lower margin.

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Date

01/01/1832
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Contributors

Leake, William Martin, 1777-1860.
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863.
Clarke, W. B.
Henshall, J.
Baldwin & Cradock.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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