Griechenland - Tempe - Verkauf alter Karten

Autor: Ortelius, Abraham

Verlag: Ortelius, A.

Verlagsort: Antwerp

Erscheinungsjahr : 1590

Griechenland. "Tempe". Original copper-engraving, A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1590. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, another ornamental cartouche with a part of Ovidius' description of Tempe, a ship and many figures. 36,5:48 cm.

V. d. Broecke, map 231, ed. 1592 (Latin). - A very attractive view of Mount Olympus and the valley in northern Thessaly (Greece), called the Vale of Tempe in ancient times, through which the river Peneus (present day Salambria) reaches the sea. - The map comes from the serie of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri.