Subject: Crete
Period: 1610 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.2 x 5.5 inches
18.3 x 14 cm
Crisply engraved, reduced version of Mercator's handsome map of Crete with small inset maps of the islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, and Scarpanto at top. It is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and a moiré patterned sea. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7900:351.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with light toning along the edges of the sheet.