"Candia Insula / Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip", Ortelius, Abraham

This handsome sheet features a large map of Crete above ten inset maps of other Aegean Islands below. Includes Metellino (Mitiline, Lesbos), Cerigo (Kithira), Scarpanto (Karpathos), Nicsia (Naxos), Santorini (Thira), Milo (Milos), Stalimene (Lemnos), Negroponte (Euboea), Rodus (Rhodos), and Scio (Chios). Each is beautifully engraved to simulate the sea and to show the major ports, cities and fortifications. German text verso.

References: Van den Broecke #147; Zacharakis #1617.

Condition: A

Attractive color with a printer's crease just entering bottom border and two short tears in top margin that have been professionally repaired.