Nice example of Mercator's map of Greece from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, first published in 1578 and republished in Amsterdam beginning in 1695. Includes a Sea Monster, cartouche and a detailed treatment of the region. Gerard...
Nice full color example of Munster's second map of modern Greece, from Munster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential georgaphical works of the 16th Century. Munster's Geographia (first published in 1540), and his later Cosmographia, were...
Nice old color example of Braun & Hogenberg's views of Famagusta, Rhodes, Malta and Cagliari. From Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important book of town plans and views published in the 16th Century.
![Candia [and] La Cita De Corphu](/map/small/55652mp2.jpg)
Nice old color example of Braun & Hogenberg's views of Candia and Corfu.
Extremely rare 16th Century map of the "New Greek Universe," by George Achatz von Eneneckel. The map extends from Sicliy and Puglia to the western coast of Asia minor, the regions controlled by the Ancient Greeks. This is the first time we have ever...
![[Crete / Corsica / Sardinia] Corsica [and] Sardinia [and] Creta . . . [and] Insulae Mari Ionii](/map/small/33196bp.jpg)
Decorative example of Ortelius' maps of Corsica, Sardinia, Crete and the Ionian Sea, from his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes's map of the Island of Crete, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later...
Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes's map of the Island of Cefalonia, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later...
Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes map of Greece, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later re-published by Bertius...
Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes's map of the Island of Corfu, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later...
Nice old color example of the true first edition of Mercator's map of Crete and neighboring Greek Islands, from the first edition of Mercator's Atlas Sive Cosmographia. . . . Includes two large cartouches. Nice detail in the map of Crete and the large...
Fine example of Mercator's map of Greece, from an early edition of Mercator's Atlas Sive Cosmographia. The map bears the signature of "Gerardum Mecatorem," on the maps created by Mercator during his lifetime. The map is one of the earliest modern...
Striking early map of Cyprus, with 6 smaller maps below, showing Stalimini, Chius, Mitilene, Negroponte, Cerigo and Rhodus Islands. A fine example of Mercator's work, with the classic engraving of the sea characteristic of his work. Nice example.
Striking early map of Greece. Decorative cartouche, sailing ship and elaborate engraving style.
Detailed map of Alexander the Great's expedition to Macedonia. Includes an inset: Iovis Ammonis Oraculum, the oracle in Lybia which Alexander visited before he went to India. Several decorative cartouches, sailing ships, sea monsters, etc.
