Lesbos, Metelin Mitilene, copperplate map, Camocio, Isole Famose, 1571 - Old maps for sale

Author: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco

Publisher: Camocio

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1571

Lesbos, Greece. "Metelin Mitilene ...". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. F. Camocio, 'Isole Famose ...', Venice, ca. 1571. With title cartouche and 4 ships. 22,5:17 cm (9 x 6 3/4 inch.).

Zacharakis: A catalogue of printed maps of Greece 1477-1800, 2nd edition, 1992; map nr. 519. - First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of Lesbos, a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. 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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