Napoleonic Era Spanish Navigation Chart for the Bosphorus

Titled Plano Del Canal Del Mar Negro, Bosforo con el de la Ciudad y vista tomada por la parte de Escutarim de Constantinopla construido y delineado por Dn. Joseph Garcia Primer Piloto que fué en la Real Marina S. M. C., copperplate engraving, first decade 19th century, depicting Constantinople and the route to the Black Sea. Presented in 20th century wooden frame with silvertone liner.

Sight size 16-3/4 x 33-1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 24 x 40 in.

From the Estate of Nancy Palmer and Bruce Wardropper, Durham, North Carolina

Overall age toning with light stains; the sheet laid down, likely in the 1960s.