Cyprus - Antique map

Author: Mercator, Gerardus

Publisher: Hondius, Jodocus

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1609

Cyprus. "Cyprus". Orig. copperplate engraving from Mercator's Atlas Minor. Published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1609. With ornamental title cartouche, another cartouche with the scale of map and 6 inset maps of Aegean Islands (Lemnos - 'Stalimini', Chios - 'Chius', Lesbos - 'Mitilene', Euboea - 'Negroponte', Kythira - 'Cerigo' and Rhodes - 'Rhodus'). 14:19 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch.) on paper sized 17,5:21 cm.

 Koeman III, map 8130:351, ed. 351:21 (1609 Atlas Minor [Ger.]). - A miniature map of Cyprus and the Aegean Islands.

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Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Cyprus and the Aegean Islands, copperplate engraving map, Gerardus Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Atlas Minor, 1609