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MED1829

Cartographer: Waldseemuller/Fries
Title: : Tabula nova Candiae
Date: 1541 Size: 19 x 12 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Rare, early woodcut map of Crete from the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' with maps by Laurent Fries, text by Michael Servetus, and published by Gaspar Treschel.
Map Ref: MED1829

MED2165

Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Creta seu Candia
Date: 1558 Size: 7 x 10 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Early woodblock map of Crete with text describing the history and geography of the island.
Map Ref: MED2165

MED1907

Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Candia / La Cita de Corphu
Date: c. 1575 Size: 19 x 14 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Two early bird's-eye views on one page depicting the cities of Chania, Crete and Corfu Town. Published in the first atlas dedicated to the city views, Braun & Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Latin text on verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: MED1907

MED907

Cartographer: Tomaso Porcacchi
Title: : Descrittione Dell'Isola Di Milo
Date: 1576 Size: 7 x 10 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early copper-engraved map of the Greek island of Milos, the southwesternmost of the Cyclades islands. Published in Tomaso Porcacchi's isolario (book of islands), "L'isole piu famose del Mondo".
Map Ref: MED907

MED1452

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Candia Insula
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 14 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Crete with inset maps of Mettellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto (Karpathos), Nicsia, Santorini, Milos, Stalimene (Lemnos), Negroponte (Euboea), Rhodes and Scio (Chios). Original hand colouring. Latin text on verso.
Map Ref: MED1452

MED1904

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Corcyra, Corfu
Date: 1601 Size: 4 x 3 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Early, miniature map of Corfu from the "Epitome theatri Orteliani", the pocket edition of Abraham Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Coloured.
Map Ref: MED1904

MED2202

Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Candia
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Greek Islands. Six maps in one, including Crete, Corfu, Zante, Milo, Nicsia and Scarpanto. Coloured.
Map Ref: MED2202

MED1893

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Candia
Date: 1628 Size: 7 x 5 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Miniature map of Crete with 6 small insets showing the Greek islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, Santorini, and Karpathos. Coloured.
Map Ref: MED1893

MED1878

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Candia
Date: c. 1630 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early map of Crete with smaller inset maps of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Nicsia, Santorini and Scarpanto (Karpathos). Strapwork cartouches. French text on verso. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MED1878

MED2316

Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Creta & deliniatione ubonis emmii
Date: 1661 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Ancient Crete showing several imporant Bronze Age sites including Knossos. Based on Ortelius. Coloured.
Map Ref: MED2316

MED2332

Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Maris Aegaei, quod hodie Archipelago nuncupatur, Pars Septentrionalis
Date: c. 1662 Size: 23 x 19 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: A handsome Dutch Golden Age map of the northern Aegean Sea, showing the islands of Lemnos, Lesbos, Chios, Skyros, and Samothraki. Latin edition. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MED2332

MED2333

Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Candia olim Creta
Date: c. 1662 Size: 21 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: A handsome Dutch Golden Age map the island of Crete, embellished with sailing ships, swash lettering, and two blank coats of arms. Latin edition. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MED2333

MED2329

Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Parte Meridionale dell'Arcipelago
Date: 1692 Size: 24 x 18 inches
Published: Venice
Description: A detailed map of the Cyclades and the Dodecanese Islands in the southern Aegean Sea, including Crete, Rhodes, Paros, Naxos, Andros, Mikonos, Santorini, Kos, Patmos, and many others.
Map Ref: MED2329

MED2250

Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Isola Regno di Candia
Date: 1696 Size: 46 x 18 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Large wall map of Crete on two sheets joined published just after the end of the Cretan War between Venice and the Ottoman Empire. SL
Map Ref: MED2250

MED2117

Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Isola di Rodi
Date: 1696 Size: 11 x 15 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Small map of the island of Rhodes surrounded by panels of Italian descriptive text. Published in Vincenzo Coronelli's "Isolario", or 'Book of Islands'.
Map Ref: MED2117

MED2119

Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Coste Maritime dell'Isola di Candia
Date: 1696 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Sea chart of Crete and the surrounding islands, including Scarpanto, Stampalia and Serigotto. Embellished with rhumb lines, compass roses, and a large title cartouche.
Map Ref: MED2119

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