
Constantinople was the starting point of one of the main
commercial land routes from the Balkans toward the Austrian regions.
Here: Camels, part of a caravan, loaded with merchandise
in the central square of Constantinople, 1812.

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Camels loaded with merchandise |
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Engraving on zinc plates,
detail.
Design: Melling, Engraving: Duplessi-Bertaux, Completion: Nee in 1812.
Melling, A.I., Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople, Paris 1819, table 13.
Athens, Private Collection.
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