DESCRIPTION: Harbor chart for Iskenderun (Alexandretta) on Turkey's east Mediterranean Coast. Noted features include: Mount Caillo, Baylassa, Cape Porco, and Cape Canzin.
Description at the bottom reads in part:
"Alexandretta or Scanderoon, a port of Syria at the North Eastern extremity of the Mediterranean Sea, it is the sea port of Aleppo from which city it is distant about seventy miles."
From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, September 1, 1801. Vol II. Number 33.
[ Scanderoon ].
PUBLICATION DATE: 1801
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Turkey
BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean
CONDITION: Very good.
On robust paper with wide margins. A hint of age toning at the margins.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER: Luffman
SIZE: 5
" x
6 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2
PRICE: $275
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