Historic Map : Tardieu Map of Greece and The Balkans, 1874, Vintage Wall Art yesso map referring to the Portuguese embassy

referring to the Portuguese embassy to the King of Ethiopia

Mantua and Alto Po appearing in the early 19th century

Nicsia (Naxos)

in xLI in the 1844 edition of Black's General Atlas

An attractive 1833 first edition example of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or S

Historic Map : Tardieu Map of Greece and The Balkans, 1874, Vintage Wall Art yesso map referring to the Portuguese embassyThis is a beautiful 1874 map of Greece, the Balkans and the European part of Turkey by Ambroise Tardieu. It covers from Moldavia to Candia or Crete and from the Gulf of Venice to the Sea of Marmara. The modern day states of Greece, Albania, Moldova, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania are included. Throughout, major towns, cities, rivers, mountains and other topographical features are noted. This map was made when the Ottoman Empire