Greek Migration
After the victory of the Russians over the Ottomans in the naval battle of Cesme (1770), the Greeks of Neapolis organized a grand reception for the Russian fleet in the port of the city. Here: Design of the naval battle between the Ottoman and Russian forces in the straits of Cesme, at the end of the 18th century.

Cesme naval battle

Photograph

Copperplate engraving.
Design: Choiseul-Gouffier, Engraving: J. Perrier.
Choiseul-Gouffier, Voyage Pittoresque dans l' Empire Ottoman, part I, Paris 1782-1825, Atlas 67 (1842), table 51.
Athens, French School of Archaeology 5. 886/Atlas 67.
© French School of Archaeology , Athens.