This
large original antique map of the
voyage of
Jean-Baptiste Lechevalier from Italy
to the Greece and Turkey - specifically the Biga
Peninsular home of the ancient city of Troy in NW Turkey
- was published in the Atlas
of Charts & Views that accompanied the 1802 edition of
Jean-Baptiste
Lechevalier's (1752 - 1836)
Voyage de la Troade, fait dans les années 1785 et 1786.
Jean-Baptiste Lechevalier was the secretary of
the Ambassador of France in Constantinople. In the year
1788 he visited the plain of Troy, and was
enthusiastically in favour of the theory that the site
of Homer's Troy was to be found at the village of
Bunarbashi. His title, "Voyage de la Troade" was first
published in 1799. The
Troad, also known as Troas, is the
historical name of the Biga peninsula (Biga
Yarımadası, Τρωάς)
in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. This
region now is part of the Çanakkale province of Turkey.
Bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest, by the
Aegean Sea to the west and separated from the rest of
Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida, the Troad
is drained by two main rivers, the Scamander (Karamenderes)
and the Simois, which join at the area containing the
ruins of Troy. Grenikos, Kebren, Simoeis, Rhesos,
Rhodios, Heptaporos and Aisepos were seven rivers of the
Troad and the names of the river gods that inhabited
each river.(Ref:
M&B; Tooley)
General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy & stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: -
Colors used: -
General color appearance: -
Paper size: - 20in x
19in (510mm x
485mm)
Plate size: -
19in x 18in (485mm x
460mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - Light age toning
Plate area: - Light age toning along fold as issued
Verso: - Light age toning
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