Subject: Western Balkans
Period: 1579 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.8 x 14.3 inches
47.8 x 36.3 cm
Handsome map of the coastal region of Slovenia and Croatia. Based on the cartography of Johann Sambucus (1572) and Hirschvogel (1565). Filled with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages and decorated with a strapwork title cartouche. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #144.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with the crossed arrows watermark commonly found on Ortelius maps. The green pigment has browned, but the paper is still supple. It appears that the colorist attempted to create a marbled effect in the cartouche at bottom right.
