Subject: Greece
Period: 1571 (published)
Publication: Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum...
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.3 x 10.6 inches
33.8 x 26.9 cm
Issued in an edition of Strabo's Geographica published by Heinricus Petrus in 1571, this fascinating Ptolemaic map shows Greece within a trapezoidal frame. Regions, cities (including Athens), rivers, and mountains (including Mount Olympus) are identified. Crete appears and several of the smaller Greek islands are also named. Three cartouches list the cities in Peloponnese, Epirus, Crete, Achaea, and Euboea, while the largest cartouche contains the regions, people, and cities of Macedonia. Latin text on verso.
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Condition: B+
Faint toning along centerfold and a few infilled worm tracks in the blank margins.
