Candia insula. : Archipelagi insularum aliquot descrip.

Candia insula. :

Archipelagi insularum aliquot descrip.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Contributors: Bertelli, Ferando
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In collection: Theatrum orbis terrarum.
Format: Manuscript
Published / Created: [Antverpiae, 1584].
Subjects:
Crete (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Chios (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Euboea Island(Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Karpathos Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Kythēra Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Limnos Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Lesbos Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Melos Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Naxos Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Rhodes (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Thera Island (Greece) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Notes:From the author's atlas 'Theatrum orbis terrarum', 1584 ed.

Relief shown pictorially.

Text on recto with titles 'Candia, olim Creta' and 'Archipelagi Insulae Aliquot', and page number '84' inscribed in ink lower right.

Maps of Candia [Crete], Metellino [Lesbos], Cerigo [Kythira], Scarpanto [Karpathos], Nicsia [Naxos], Santorini [Thira], Milo [Milos], Stalimene [Lemnos], Negroponte [Euboea], Rodus [Rhodes], and Scio [Chios].

Map of Crete possibly based on map by Francesco Superanti (Soranzo). Maps of the other islands based on maps by Ferando Bertelli, Giovanni Francesco Camocio and Tomaso Porcacchi.

Ancillary maps: Metellino -- Cerigo -- Scarpanto -- Nicsia -- Santorini -- Milo -- Negroponte -- Rodus -- Scio.

Physical description: 11 hand col. maps on 1 sheet, 45 x 58 cm, folded to 45 x 29 cm.

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Candia insula. : Archipelagi insularum aliquot descrip.

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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Theatrum orbis terrarum.
Main Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Created: [Antverpiae, 1584].
Extent:11 hand col. maps on 1 sheet, 45 x 58 cm, folded to 45 x 29 cm.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 48,518 /73 (Manuscripts Reading Room)