Black Sea Collection (page 2)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the capture of the dardanelles by the French army, 1915
LUX4742817 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the capture of the dardanelles by the French army, 1915; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

Constanta, March 2024
Marius Cinteza

Map of the Earth according to Homer (engraving)
8635074 Map of the Earth according to Homer (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the Earth according to the ancient Greek poet Homer)

Map of Turkey in 1914 (litho)
8661161 Map of Turkey in 1914 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Turkey in 1914)

Chart of the Mediterrean, Black and Caspian Seas, c.1600 (manuscript)
7339791 Chart of the Mediterrean, Black and Caspian Seas, c.1600 (manuscript) by Unknown Artist, (17th century); 47x35 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Chart of Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, 16th century, 1569 (coloured engraving)
7339549 Chart of Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, 16th century, 1569 (coloured engraving) by Forlani, Paolo (fl.1560-74); 48x81 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Black Sea Sebastopol from a Russian Survey of 1836, 1854 (paper, linen)
7339518 Black Sea Sebastopol from a Russian Survey of 1836, 1854 (paper, linen) by Arrowsmith, John (1790-1873); 25.5x52 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

General chart of the Mediterranean Sea including the Gulf of Venice, Archipelago
7339360 General chart of the Mediterranean Sea including the Gulf of Venice, Archipelago and part of the Black Sea with the steampacket routes, 1846 (coloured engraving) by Wyld

Chart of the Black Sea, 17th century (ink on vellum)
7339118 Chart of the Black Sea, 17th century (ink on vellum) by Unknown Artist, (17th century); 76.2x106.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The city of Odessa (Russia, Ukkraine, Black Sea) and its port in the middle of the 19th century
PCT4289750 The city of Odessa (Russia, Ukkraine, Black Sea) and its port in the middle of the 19th century. Engraving of the Dictionnaire Universelle

Map of the Ottoman Empire (colour litho)
8664038 Map of the Ottoman Empire (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the Ottoman Empire)

Russian Tartary, 1745
2902748 Russian Tartary, 1745; (add.info.: Russian Tartary, 1745.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG

Map of Bosporus, c.1900 (engraving)
532714 Map of Bosporus, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Bosporus, circa 1900, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

The attack of the heavy cavalry brigade in the Battle of Balaklava on October 25, 1854, 1854-1855. Private Collection

View of Sevastopol, 1855. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
View of Sevastopol, 1855. Private Collection

The ship of the line Imperatriza Marija under the flag of Nakhimov, after the victory at Sinop, 1854 Creator: Timm
The ship of the line Imperatriza Marija under the flag of Nakhimov, after the victory at Sinop, 1854. Private Collection

Boxwood Forest on the Shores of the Black Sea, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
Boxwood Forest on the Shores of the Black Sea, 1858. Our Illustration represents one of the numerous boxwood forests on the shore of the Black Sea, in the province of Anatolia, Turkey in Asia

Teatro della Guerra presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana, 1788. Creator: Zatta, Antonio (active 1757-1797)
Teatro della Guerra presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana, 1788. Private Collection

View of the Dardanelles Strait, 1742-1801. Creator: Anon
View of the Dardanelles Strait, 1742-1801. On the left the European side with the castle Kilitbahir. On the right the Asian side with the Cimenlik castle

Kinburn - the "Curacoa" and "Tribune" Steam-frigates, and "Beagle" Gun-boat, in the Ice, 1856

Kinburn Fort, and the Spit of Otchakoff - the Expeditionary Fleet in the Ice, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kinburn Fort, and the Spit of Otchakoff - the Expeditionary Fleet in the Ice, 1856. Crimean War, Black Sea:.soldiers and sailors shooting and skating

Careening Bay, Sebastopol - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe
Careening Bay, Sebastopol - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Little more than twelve months ago the docks and harbours of Sebastopol Bay...were crowded with that powerful Russian fleet which was

Map of the Frontiers of Austria & Russia, 1856. Creator: Unknown. Map of the Frontiers of Austria & Russia, 1856
Map of the Frontiers of Austria & Russia, 1856. Map showing the area involved in the Crimean War: Black Sea, Transylvania, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Odessa, Kiev, Bessarabia, Galicia

Alouchta - from a sketch by Willibald Richter, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Alouchta - from a sketch by Willibald Richter, 1856....a town situated on the southern shore of [the Crimean] peninsula...Its situation, in a wide and fertile valley

Sebastopol - North Side - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe
Sebastopol - North Side - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Crimean War: The position of the Russians on the north side of the harbour of Sebastopol...has remained without any alteration for the last

Sebastopol - Entrance to the Harbour, near Fort Nicholas - sketched by E. A. Goodall, 1856. View of the...vast stronghold of the Russians in the Black Sea

Apres Trebizonde; La rade de Trebizonde le 30 mars 1916, quinze jours avant... 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
Apres Trebizonde; La rade de Trebizonde le 30 mars 1916, quinze jours avant la chute de la ville, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

View of Constantinople and the Seraglio from the Dutch embassy, 1700-1764. Creator: Unknown
View of Constantinople and the Seraglio from the Dutch embassy, 1700-1764

Balaclava - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Balaclava - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Scene from the Crimean War. The entrance to Balaclava Harbour is two cables length, or four hundred yards

Sur le point de se noyer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Sur le point de se noyer... 19th century. [Satire on the Crimean War - allegorical figures of Russia, and Prussia smoking a pipe]

Se passant la fantaisie de faire naufrager la flotte Anglo-Française... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Se passant la fantaisie de faire naufrager la flotte Anglo-Francaise... 19th century. Indulging in the fantasy of wrecking the Anglo-French fleet

Trebizonde, le 30 mars 1916, quinze jours avant la prise de la ville par les Russes, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La rade de Trebizonde, le 30 mars 1916, quinze jours avant la prise de la ville par les Russes; au fond, le croiseur "Breslau"(devenu le Midili)

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc est distance et disparait peu a peu a l'horizon, 1915

Relevement du "Medjidie" a Odessa : le croiseur est soutenu par des chalands, et des... c1915
Relevement du "Medjidie" a Odessa : le croiseur est soutenu par des chalands, et des pompes a vapeur vident l'eau, en attendant qu'il soit hisse sur le dock flottant, c1915

Le croiseur ture "Medjidie" coule devant Odessa, c1915. Creator: Unknown
Le croiseur ture "Medjidie" coule devant Odessa, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

La premiere salve du cuirasse russe "Etstafyi" contre les fortifications de Varna, c1915. Creator: Unknown
La premiere salve du cuirasse russe "Etstafyi" contre les fortifications de Varna, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc est distance et disparait peu a peu a l'horizon, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); La derniere salve du... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); La derniere salve du "Goeben" tombe en avant du torpilleur qui fuit a toute vitesse, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Un nouveau projectile... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Un nouveau projectile du "Goeben" tombe a quatre metres et la gerbe d'eau eclabousse le pont, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les marins du torpilleur... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les marins du torpilleur suivent avec interet le tir inefricace du "Goeben", 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les deux projectiles... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les deux projectiles sulvants tombent a ving-cinq et vingt metres, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Deux projectiles du... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Deux projectiles du "Goeben" tombent a cent metres de l'arriere du torpilleur, 1915

La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Saisie par le "Kagoul" du contrebandier... c1915
La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Saisie par le "Kagoul" du contrebandier "Amalia", c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Equipage turc d'un voilier coule, c1915. Creator: Unknown
La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Equipage turc d'un voilier coule, c1915.. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Autre voilier turc incendie apres avoir... c1915. Creator: Unknown
La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Autre voilier turc incendie apres avoir ete evacue, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Voilier turc abandonne par son equipage, c1915. Creator: Unknown
La chasse aux voiliers Turcs dans la mer Noire; Voilier turc abandonne par son equipage, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Sulina Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sulina Mouth of the Danube, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Bombardment of Odessa, April 26, 1854, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Bombardment of Odessa, April 26, 1854, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

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"The Enigmatic Black Sea: A Tapestry of History, Beauty, and Adventure" Journey back in time to the year 1154 with Al-Idrisi's world map, where the vast expanse of the Black Sea first graced cartographic records. Fast forward to a sunny beach scene along Bulgaria's picturesque Black Sea coast – an idyllic paradise known as Sunny Beach. Here, golden sands meet azure waters under a radiant sun. As you explore Slanchev Bryag (Sunny Beach), nestled between Varna and Burgas, you'll discover a vibrant tapestry of European charm. The old town and fishing harbor of Nesebur (Nessebar) beckon with their timeless allure along this captivating coastline. Delve deeper into history as dynasties rise and fall during the era of Buwayids around 932 A. D. , depicted by Emery Walker Ltd. 's evocative creation. Witness courage amidst chaos through Hayes' artistic rendition capturing "The Charge of the Light Brigade" during the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. A topographic map from 1897 unveils Europe's intricate landscape, showcasing how the Balkan Peninsula stood at that momentous time in 1878 through a lithograph. Byzantine empires clash with Crusaders against Seljuks circa 1130 A. D. , immortalized once again by Emery Walker Ltd. 's artistry. Marvel at an Ottoman Empire brought to life through another lithograph published in 1878 – its grandeur stretching across lands surrounding the enigmatic Black Sea. And finally, lose yourself within an antique map depicting not only this sea but also its neighboring territories throughout centuries past. The Black Sea is more than just shimmering waters; it is a testament to humanity's enduring spirit and resilience throughout ages marked by conquests, trade routes, cultural exchanges, and breathtaking landscapes that continue to captivate explorers to this day.