An early Victorian detailed plan of the city, drawn by W.B.Clarke and engraved by J. Henshall, with prospect views on three sides of the map, also inset a plan of the Acropolis, with elevations below. From the 1844 edition published by Chapman & Hall, for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

An early Victorian detailed plan of the city, drawn by W.B.Clarke and engraved by J. Henshall, with prospect views on three sides of the map, also inset a plan of the Acropolis, with elevations below. Published in 1844 by Chas. Knight for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The Peloponnese, with engraved vignettes including; an ancient war chariot, corsairs off Curfu and the Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Athens. Published in the 'Illustrated Atlas' (of world) 1851. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.

A map of the Balkans in the nineteenth century, shows and names Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Herzegovinia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

First published 1627 for Speed's Prospect of the World, the map has an English text description of Greece on verso.