"Turkey in Asia"

Anthony Finley (ca. 1790–1840) was a successful Philadelphia mapmaker and publisher. This map was included in his New General Atlas…, published in 1824 when Finley’s offices were at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets. As Walter Ristow states in his reference American Maps & Mapmakers… (pp. 268-9) the ”engraving is done almost uniformly with remarkable distinctness and the face of the maps is frequently beautiful, not overloaded with a confusion of useless names." Indeed these maps are beautiful. Indeed, the maps from this atlas are beautiful examples of the American mapmaking during the first quarter of the 19th century. .

Shows western Turkey and the the straits of Bosphorus separating Europe from Asia. Bordered at bottom by Egypt and Arabia. Bordered at right by Persia.

Hand-colored engraving.
10 1/4 x 13 inches, sheet.
Very nice condition with light browning of extremes of margins.