Isola di Cipro.
Cyprus Insula Olim Macharia id est beata, in Carpathij sinu Maximo Jssics dictus sita est. Venero nouem iam regnorum sedes. Hic pannus ex caprarum pilis, uulgo Ciabel-lan nominatus. Cerui gregatim e Cilicia in Cyprum tranant, capita in praecedentium clunibus imponentes. Ambitus eius fertur MMMCDXX.
[Venice,
?Donato Rasciotti,
after 1570].
Engraved map.
220 by 315mm. (8.75 by 12.5 inches).
12313
notes:
A map of Cyprus engraved by Paolo Forlani (Woodward), closely modelled on a map by an anonymous author published in Rome in 1560 (Meurer). The most important towns are represented in perspective, with the fortified walls of Famagusta shown in full.
There appear to be three states of this map: in the first, the ship at the upper right hand corner does not have a flag (as in the Novacco Collection example); in the second, the flag is added (as in the Strabo Illust...
There appear to be three states of this map: in the first, the ship at the upper right hand corner does not have a flag (as in the Novacco Collection example); in the second, the flag is added (as in the Strabo Illust...
bibliography:
Bella, Collezione Novacco, 29; Meurer, Strabo, 93; Stylianou 27; Woodward, Forlani, 76.
provenance: