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Greek Archipelago Title: Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Cartographer: Ortelius, Abraham Published: Antwerp, Christopher Platin Date: 1598 Size: [36,4 x 50,9 cm] Technic: Copper engraving / later handcolor Description: Original copper engraving, published 1598 in a French edition of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Finely hand-colored in wash and outline. Decorative map showing eleven maps of the Greek Archipelago in the Mediterranean on one doublepage plate. The title of the map appears in the centre, the upper part of the map is a large map of Candia (Crete), already with many names of villages and other small places. Below are ten more small insets of Greek islands in the Archipelago (Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milos, Stalimente, Negroponte, Rhodos and Scios). Notes: A very good example in excellent condition. Condition: Excellent Reference: Broe. 147 Price: /
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