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Dalmatia. "Illyricum". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1573. Coloured. With ornamental title-cartouche, another cartouche with dedication (to Joh. Sambuscus) and the scale of map ("Milliaria communia & magna"). 37:48 cm (14 1/2...

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Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius

Antwerp

1573

Dalmatia. "Illyricum". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1573. Coloured. With ornamental title-cartouche, another cartouche with dedication (to Joh. Sambuscus) and the scale of map ("Milliaria communia & magna"). 37:48 cm (14 1/2 x 19 inch.).

V. d. Broecke 144; Koeman III, map 7640:31, ed. 31:051 (1595 Latin). - A decorative map of Illyricum - it was the Roman province established in place of the former kingdom of Illyria. It stretched from the Drin river in modern Albania to Istria (Slovenia/Croatia) in the north and the Sava river (Bosnia/Croatia) in the east. Its capital was located at Salonae near modern Split in Croatia.


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