Rhodi insula et citta memorabile - Antique map

Author: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco

Publisher: Camocio

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1571

Rhodes. "Rhodi insula et citta memorabile ...". Orig. copperplate engraving from G. F. Camocio's 'Isole Famose ...', Venice, 1571. With ornamental title-cartouche and 7 ships. 20:15,5 cm (8 x 6 1/4 inch.).

Zacharakis: A catalogue of printed maps of Greece 1477-1800, 2nd edition, 1992; map nr. 521. - First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of Rhodes, a Greek island in the Dodecanese islands, part of the South Aegean region - 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 La Freri-school.

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