"Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor", Blaeu, (Family)
Subject: Turkey
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
49.5 x 38.1 cm
This handsome map of present-day Turkey includes several Aegean Islands and Cyprus prominently shown in the south. A fierce sea battle rages in the Mediterranean along with curious looking sea monsters. Two winged female creatures suspend the banner style title cartouche, and the map is further decorated with a surveyor holding an unusual vertical scale of miles. Latin text on verso.
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Condition: A
Old color and wide margins with marginal soiling and a few minute tears in blank margins, far from map image.
