Crete - copperplate map, Camocio, Isole Famose, 1571 - Candia vel Creta insula - Old maps for sale

Author: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco

Publisher: Camocio

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1571

Crete (Greece). "Candia vel Creta insula". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. F. Camocio, 'Isole Famose ...', Venice, 1571. With title cartouche, a compass rose and many ships. 19,5:16 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inch.) on paper sized 27:19 cm.

Zacharakis: A catalogue of printed maps of Greece 1477-1800; map nr. 512. - First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of Crete. Oriented to the East. - Giovanni Francesco Camocio (1501-1575) was active as map publisher in Venice between 1558 and 1575. He was one of the most important mapmakers of the Lafreri-school.

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