Serio-comic war map for the year 1877

Serio-comic war map for the year 1877

Item Information

Title:
Serio-comic war map for the year 1877
Description:
Caricature map showing the political situation in Europe in 1877. Russia, depicted as an octopus reaching to many countries, battles with the Turkish Empire, depicted as a turbaned figure protecting his prized gold watch, Constantinople.
Cartographer:
Rose, Fred. W. (Frederick W.)
Name on Item:
by F.W. Rose
Date:
[1877]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878--Maps
Europe--Politics and government--Maps
Europe--Maps
Places:
Europe
Europe
Extent:
1 map : color ; 44 x 61 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0r96fk80z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : G.W. Bacon & Co.
Edition:
Revised edition
Scale:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
English
German
Notes:
Verso: Bacon's map of the seat of war in the East. No. 6.
Includes descriptive text in German and in English.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Hill, Gillian. Cartographical Curiosities, pages 46 and 48
Identifier:
06_01_014375
Call #:
G5701.S55 1877 .R67
Barcode:
39999065701151