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It was in the framework of the naval expedition the Russians had organized in the Mediterranean in 1770, that they confronted the Ottoman fleet in the strait between Chios and Cesme. Here: Map of the Russian naval battle in the strait of Cesme in 1770, 1771.

Cesme naval battle
Photograph

Coloured copperplate engraving, 50x29 cm.
T.C. Lotter, Augsburg, 1771.
Athens, Collection D. and K. Koutsika.
Ta Charaktika tis Chiou, v. Â', Lo Foundation publications, Athens 1995, p. 237.
© D. and K. Koutsikas, Athens.