File:Greece, Epirus after the Persian War (Spruner-Menke, Atlas Antiquus, 1865).jpg

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Karl Spruner von Merz: Graecia, Epirus post bella Persica   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Karl Spruner von Merz  (1803–1892)  wikidata:Q6186030 s:it:Autore:Karl Spruner von Merz
 
Alternative names
Karl von Spruner / Carl von Spruner
Description German cartographer and historian
Date of birth/death 15 November 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 24 August 1892 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stuttgart Munich
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artist QS:P170,Q6186030
Title
Graecia, Epirus post bella Persica
Description
English: This Karl von Spruner’s 1865 map of Graecia, Epirus post Bella Persica, or Greece, Epirus after the Persian War. This beautiful map is outlined in color and covers the entire area of modern day Greece. The map also features 6 inserts, showing Acropolis, Athens, Delphi, Thermopylae, Piraeus, Salamis, and a close-up depiction of the island of Piraeus. Each inset includes a scale and map key or legend, including a key to the territories of ancient Greek gods. Important cities, rivers and mountains are labeled. Countries and territories are designated with colored borders. The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting throughout the fine craftsmanship of the Perthes firm.
Date 1865 (undated)
Dimensions height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 13 in (33 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13U218593
Source/Photographer INTERNET ARCHIVE: [1]; direct link to the image: [2]
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current14:33, 8 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 14:33, 8 March 20225,674 × 6,439 (26.18 MB)FDRMRZUSA (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by Karl Spruner von Merz (1803–1892) from INTERNET ARCHIVE: [https://archive.org/download/SprunerMenke-AtlasAntiquus1865]; direct link to the image: [https://archive.org/download/SprunerMenke-AtlasAntiquus1865/7-GraeciaEpirusPostBellaPersia.jpg] with UploadWizard