Subject: Turkey
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Novus
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
49.5 x 38.1 cm
Handsome map Asia Minor including Cyprus and the Aegean Islands.  A fierce sea battle rages in the Mediterranean along with a curious looking sea monster.  The map is embellished with a banner style title cartouche and a surveyor holding the distance scale.  French text on verso.
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Condition: A
Clean and crisp with fine later color.  Margins slightly trimmed, still ample.