Southern Greece-The Remains Of Ancient Athens And Its Harbours

Description

This map was published in 1833 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) in London as part of an atlas titled “A Series of Outline Maps for the Use of Geographical Students” and was prepared to present the topographic structure of the region covering the southern part of the Greek Peninsula, the Peloponnese, the coasts of Attica, the Aegean Islands and Crete in a simple and educational manner. This map, prepared for educational purposes for geography students, depicted geographical shapes by creating a three-dimensional effect with a prominent relief effect and shading method, with mountainous areas, river valleys and coastlines. Place names are given entirely based on geographical structure, without ancient city names or modern equivalents. Therefore, the map is a “contour map” designed especially for physical geography education. In the small box in the lower left corner of the map, there is a detailed plan titled “The Remains of Ancient Athens and its Harbour” depicting the ancient port system of Athens. This section shows the connection between the Piraeus Port and the ancient city, and the location of the ruins from the classical period. The map shows distance scales prepared in both English and ancient units at the bottom. SDUK was an important institution that published maps and encyclopedic publications to increase access to information throughout the 19th century. The maps prepared by this institution were widely used as course material in secondary schools in both England and Europe.