Greece. (c1920). [Geological Map of] Kythira from the series Geological Map of Greece

Greece. (c1920). [Geological Map of] Kythira from the series Geological Map of Greece [ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ]. Athens: Geological Service of Greece. Published during the late 19101s and 1920s. No dates on map. Flat colour lithographs at 1:300,000 scale, 52 x 34 cm). Entirely in Greek with light pencil annotations translating the map title. Library stamps in lower right corner, otherwise, clean. Bright and in very good condition.

The adjacent mainland of the Peloponnisos peninsula and the island of Elafonisos are covered. The map area is 95% blank as sea.

These sheets are from the first official geological series of Greece, published by the Geological Service of Greece (then part of the Ministry of National Economy) during the late 1910s and 1920s. They represent a critical transition where Alfred Philippson’s German research was officially “Hellenised” and expanded for Greek national use. They are quarter sheets of the four folding geological maps of the same scale published by Alfred Phillipson (1864-1953) in Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Griechischen Inselwelt, [Contributions to the knowledge of the Greek islands] Gotha, 1901.

The coordinates used appear to be based on a prime meridian passing through Athens.