Valk’s Map of the Lower Danube Printed Area Measurement_58 x 103 cm by the author Samuel Johnson

by the author Samuel Johnson

Apprenticed to John Roper in 1799

they were subsequently engraved for him by the master engraver Jan Wierix

with Duke Henry

folder B covered London and booklet C covered the coast

Valk’s Map of the Lower Danube Printed Area Measurement_58 x 103 cm by the author Samuel JohnsonBulgaria et Romania: divisa in singulares sangiacatus Silistriam, Nicopolin, Bodinum, Sardiam, Bysantium, Kirkeliam et Gallipolin, una cum finitimis regionibus Valachia, Servia etc This map of the Lower Danube region on the western shore of the Black Sea covers parts of modern Turkey and Bulgaria. Romania is here used in its earlier form, referring to the hinterland of Constantinople, the new Rome. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 49 x 59 cm,