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Port of Baku and Cape Bailov — engraving


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"Port deBakou et cap Bail Bourni".
Port of Baku and Cape Bailov.

Antique wood engraving from 'Nouvelle geographie universelle: la terre et les hommes'.

In the Bailov Bay of the Caspian Sea, on the island of Bailov, a small military port was built in the 1820s, which was called “Caspian Kronstadt”.

 

Technique, Material: Woodcut / Paper
Artist: Taylor,  Engraver: Charles Barbant
Date, Publisher: New universal geography. Earth and people, Paris, 1881.
Size: sheet 27х18 cm.

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