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Creta Iouis magni medio iacet insula ponto - Antique map

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Creta, Corsica, Sardina. "Creta Iovis magni medio iacet insula ponto". Orig. cpper-engraving, A. Ortelius, 1584. Map of Crete (18,5:46,5 cm) with maps of other Mediterranean Isles above it ("Corsica", 12,5:14cm- "Insulae Maris Ionii", 8:17 cm- "Sardinia", 12,5:14 cm). Four maps printed from one plate....

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Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius, Abarham

Antwerp

1584

Creta, Corsica, Sardina. "Creta Iovis magni medio iacet insula ponto". Orig. cpper-engraving, A. Ortelius, 1584. Map of Crete (18,5:46,5 cm) with maps of other Mediterranean Isles above it ("Corsica", 12,5:14cm; "Insulae Maris Ionii", 8:17 cm; "Sardinia", 12,5:14 cm). Four maps printed from one plate. Coloured. With four coloured cartouches, title-cartouche, notes under the map of Sardinia, one ship and some sea-creatures. 34:48,5 cm.

V. d. Broecke nr. 217 a-d; Koeman III, map 7900H:31, ed. 31:651/652 (1608/12 Italian). - A decorative map of Kreta, Corsica, Sardinia and islands off the Greek coast.

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