Hellespont or channel of the Dardanelles
Summary
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 3 panels to enable folding.
Handwritten signature of Millard Fillmore is not present.
LC sheet imperfect: Lightly foxed, additionally fold-lined, hemmed by pink fabric.
Includes 2 bar scales: French leagues of 2500 toises -- 10000 French toises.
Filing title in ink script on cover verso: Hellespont or Dardanells [thus], No. 156.
Paper tab with ink script affixed to cover verso: Hellespont of Dardanells [thus] in Turkey--No.156.
In upper margin at right: Plate II.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Tags
Date
01/01/1830
Location
dardanelles strait
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain