3rd edition of this map, documenting the unfolding story of war, published on 16th October, 1854, exactly a year after the Ottomans declared war on the Russian Empire, in their dispute over the protection of Orthodox Christian rights within the Ottoman Empire. The date also falls in the weeks between the French and British allies first landing on the Crimean peninsula, in September, in preparation for an assault on the Russian’s primary Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol, and the two Russian counterattacks at the battles of Balaclava and Inkerman, in late October and November, respectively. There are two inset maps, one of the wider region around the Black Sea, upper right, and a detailed plan of ‘The Town & Harbour of Sevastopol, with the Batteries & Approaches’, lower right. Wyld’s many other maps produced to document the wider conflict are listed on a contemporary advertisement pasted on the verso of the uppermost folded panel of the map.