16th century map with Cyprus & Crete

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Cyprus Insula; Candia olim Creta.
Antwerp: Christoph Plantin, 1573, Latin edition. Coloured. 365 x 430mm.

Page number added in old ink mss. on verso.

Two maps on one sheet, Cyprus above and Crete ( Candia ) below, in use in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' from 1570 to 1581.
Although a map of Cyprus by Jan van Doeticum was added to the Theatrum in 1573, this map remained in the atlas until a new map of Crete and the Aegean Islands was introduced in 1584.

ZACHARAKIS: 1611, illus; VAN DEN BROECKE: 148.
Stock ID : 24407