all the wharves
joints worn with slight splitting at ends (boards remain strongly attached)
Decorative mid-19th century engraved map with original hand color
Difficult to recall when I last saw a wooden contraption which looks like this- lashing long timbers up together with rope
From a British Survey in 1871
Ottoman Empire Greece Balkans Albania Romania 1851 Philip Gellatly large map Bay on Bengal all the wharvesTurkey in Europe & Greece. (Europe, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Wallachia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia) Issued London, 1851 by George Philip & Son. Engraved & Printed by J. Gellatly, Edin. Lovely oversized antique folio sheet map. Engraved with superior original hand color. Decorative piano key border surrounding printed area. Interior terrain shown by hatchure lines. Clean, sound & attractive example of an elephant folio