Delineatio Pugnae navalis ... anto Portum Fochianum ... 1649 - Antique map

Author: Merian, Matthäus

Publisher: Merian

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 1650

Foça (Turkey). "Delineatio Pugnae navalis inter Venetos et Turcas, habitae anto Portum Fochianum, quiest in Asia, die 12 May 1649". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian, Theatrum Europäum, Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1650. A depiction of naval battle near Foça with many ships in the foreground, portraits of the two commanders Giacomo da Riva (Venetians) and Voinok Achmed Pasha (Turk), title cartouche and explanatory notes at the bottom. 29:38,5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/4 inch.).

Minor brown stains upper right, otherwise well preserved. - The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649, in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna between a Venetian force of nineteen warships under the command of Giacomo da Riva, and an Ottoman force of eleven warships. The battle was an episode in the Cretan War from 1645 to 1669.

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