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 of 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. Latin text on verso.
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Condition: B
Good impression and attractive old color. Faint scattered foxing, mostly in blank margins. Top paper edge slightly crumpled, well away from map.