Curciola insula - Antique map

Author: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco

Publisher: Camocio

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1571

Korcula (Croatia)."Curciola insula". Orig. copper-engraving from G. F. Camocio's Isole Famose .... Published in Venice by Camocio, 1571. With title-cartouche. 15,5:20,5 cm (6 1/4 x 8 inch.).

First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of Korcula, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. Oriented to the South. - 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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