3179 x 4139 px | 26,9 x 35 cm | 10,6 x 13,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1849
Ubicazione:
Mediterranean
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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: "The British Colonies' their history, extent, condition and resources", by Montgomery Martin Esq. Published by John Tallis & 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/Lefkada & 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 Town
