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Tinos, Greece. "Tine insula ...". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. F. Camocio, 'Isole Famose ...', Venice, ca. 1571. With title cartouche and many ships. 16:20,5 cm.
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Camocio
Venice
1571
Tinos, Greece. "Tine insula ...". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. F. Camocio, 'Isole Famose ...', Venice, ca. 1571. With title cartouche and many ships. 16:20,5 cm (6 1/4 x 8 inch.) on paper sized 19:26,5 cm.
Zacharakis: A catalogue of printed maps of Greece 1477-1800, 2nd edition, 1992; map nr. 516. - First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of Tinos, a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. - 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.