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Nova ac verissima Maris Caspii……
| Article ID | EUO2756 |
Title | Nova ac verissima Maris Caspii…… |
Description | Map shows the Caspian Sea with its neighboring countries, a compass rose, a title cartouche with mileage indicator. |
| Year | ca. 1750 |
Artist | Ottens (1700-1750) |
Joachim Ottens (1663 – 1719). Family of Publishers in Amsterdam and his sons Josua and Renier. Joachim Ottens .Joachim Ottens was the founder of the firm and worked before for Frederick de Wit . Joachim died only a few years later, his sons Renier and Joshua took over the firm and presided over its most prolific period. | |
Historical Description | Since the Caspian Sea is not a sea in the legal sense, it is not subject to the 1994 Convention on the Law of the Sea. The oldest cultural evidence can be found on inscriptions on Assyrian pottery and call it a "Southern Sea". the first popular name refers to the tribe of the Caspians who lived on the southwestern bank of the Caspian Caucasus, in today's Azerbaijan, the second refers to the bank near Hyrkania, a landscape on today's Iranian and southern Turkmen coast. The changing history of settlement led to numerous other names such as B. the Tatar name "Ag Deniz", White Sea. |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Dimensions (cm) | 48,5 x 60 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | original colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
Reproduction:
72.00 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )