Plan du Siege de Corfu - Antique map

Author: Homann, Johann Baptist

Publisher: Homann, Johann Baptist

Published: Nürnberg

Publishing year: 1720

Corfu. "Plan du Siege de Corfu par Terr at par Mer avec la situation de deux Flottes Venitienne et Ottomanne ... 1716". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. B. Homann, Nürnberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. With great figure cartouche and decorative border with title, explanatory notes, 4 inset detailed plans and a coat of arms. 48:55,5 cm (19 x 22 inch.).

A very decorative map of Corfu Channel with the east coast of Corfu and west coast of Albania and Greece. Oriented to the East. The map shows the deployment of the Venetian and Ottoman fleets during the Siege of Corfu (8 July - 21 August 1716, part of the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War).

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Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Corfu, Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, Plan du Siege de Corfu, copperplate engraving map, Homann, 1720