ARTIST: Frederick de Wit
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1680
EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 x 21 3/8" (45.7 x 54.5 cm)
DESCRIPTION: Frederick De Wit's beautiful map of island of Crete.<br><vr> The main map is surrounded with six inset maps showing Canea, Candia, Spina Longa, Retimo, Thine, and Suda. Cartographically, this map is based on the map by Sebastian de Pontault Beaulieu, a French military engineer who had mapped the fortifications of many Islands in the Mediterranean. His map of Crete was published in 1674, only 5 years after Crete had fallen to the Turks after a 24-year siege of the Cretan War, or the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War. The seas around the island are embellished with galleons and galleys of the era.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Some small areas of image loss in the sea due to verdigris. Fine original hand coloring.
REFERENCE: ZACHARAKIS: 2393.
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