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Candia Insula [on sheet with] Archipelagi Insularum aliquot descrip. - Ortelius A., 1601.



Antique map of Crete and 10 Aegean islands by Ortelius A.

Shows the isle of Crete + Metellino (Mitiline, Lesbos), Cerigo (Kithira), Scarpanto (Karpathos), Nicsia (Naxos), Santorini (Thira), Milo (Milos), Stalimene (Lemnos), Negroponte (Euboea), Rodus (Rhodos) and Scio (Chios).


Date of the first edition: 1584
Date of this map: 1601

Copper engraving
Size: 36.5 x 51cm (14.2 x 19.9 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured, age toned.
Condition Rating: A
References: Van der Krogt 3, 7900+7910:31; van den Broecke, 147.

From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antverp. Geographi Regii. Antwerpen, Plantin Press, 1601. (Van der Krogt 3, 1:052)

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Item number: 21676
Price: 600 Euro

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