Greece - Tempe - Old maps

Author: Ortelius, Abraham

Publisher: Ortelius, A.

Published: Antwerp

Publishing year: 1590

Greece. "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 (14 1/2 x 19 inch.).

V. d. Broecke, map 231, ed. 1592 (Latin). - An 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 view comes from the serie of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri.

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Tags: Old maps, Old map, Greece Olympus Ortelius Parergon 1590 Tempe