![[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]](jpegs/59276.jpg)
[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
A view of the Caspian Sea, with the Caspian Gates in the background. Also known as the Gates of Alexander, they were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north from invading the land to the south. They are usually identified with the Fortifications of Derbent, Russia.
[Ref: 59276] £85.00
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
A view of the Caspian Sea, with the Caspian Gates in the background. Also known as the Gates of Alexander, they were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north from invading the land to the south. They are usually identified with the Fortifications of Derbent, Russia.
[Ref: 59276] £85.00