Roux, Joseph
1780

Roux antique plan of Rhodes, Greece

Port de Rhode

DESCRIPTION: Attractive, antique nautical chart / port plan of the town and harbor of Rhodes on the island of Rhodes, Greece in the Aegean sea, close to the coast of Turkey. Variant edition Plate 127A published in "Recueil Des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée, Estraits de ma carte en Douze Feüilles Dediée à Mons. Le Duc de Choiseul Ministre de la guerre et de la Marine …" from Livorno by Meucci.

Original copperplate-engraved chart by Joseph Roux includes the walled village of Rhodes, Casa Cornuta, and Rhodes harbor. The harbor and lighthouse, are shown as flanked by two jetties, each supporting a half-dozen windmills, and terminating offshore with a small fort or bastion. Numerous soundings and anchorages would have assisted 18th century mariners in navigating that area.

Joseph Roux Sr. (1725-1793) was a French cartographer and hydrographer who lived in Marseille. The Roux family, with Roux's son Jospeh Jr. and grandson Antoine Roux, was involved in marine cartography and marine painting from Marseille into the mid-19th century.

CREATOR: Roux, Joseph

PUBLICATION DATE: 1780

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean on heavy wove paper. Strong impression and plate mark.

COLORING: Attractive old hand color.

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SIZE: 8 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2

PRICE: $225

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