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Source Description
Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens.
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Document identity
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0r96fq24f
label
Athens
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
0r96fq24f
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Athens
description
Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens.
date
["[1846?]"]
year
1846
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016157
creators
Clarke, W. B.
Leake, William Martin, 1777-1860
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863
Henshall, J.
Charles Knight & Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Architecture--Greece--Athens--Pictorial works
Panoramas--Greece--Athens
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities--Maps
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities--Pictorial works
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)--Maps
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)--Pictorial works
subjectsGeographic
Athens
Europe
Greece
Region of Attica
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Greece
city
Athens
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Charles Knight & Co., Ludgate Street
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
37.983333
schema:longitude
23.733333
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 21 x 30 cm
notes
Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens.
Relief shown by hachures.
"Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."
Includes notes, inset of "Acropolis of Athens", a ground-level "Panorama of Athens from the original drawing of C.R. Cockerell Esq're A.R.A." in 3 segments in the left/top/right-hand margins, 2 ground-level views of the Acropolis (restored), and illustrations of principal buildings (in their original forms) in the lower margin.
In lower margin: 164.
Gift; Lynne Beyer Sagalyn; 2017.
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0r96fq24f
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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