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Weigel’s Map of Ancient Greece

Weigel’s Map of Ancient Greece

SKU: 9185
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Title:
Weigel’s Map of Ancient Greece

Date of publication:

  • 1720

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 31.5 x 41.5 cm

    • Colour:

  • original

    • Mapmaker:

  • Christoph Weigel

    • Graeciae Pars Meridionalis / Graciae Antiquae Tabula Nova in qua locorum situs tum ad distantias itinerarias tum ad Observationes Astronomicas exactus

    This map of the southern regions of ancient Greece was published in Johann David Köhler’s historical atlas "Descriptio Orbis Antiqui..." Read more

    The cartouche is adorned with suitably classical subjects, such as chariot racing and the Colossus of Rhodes.

    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 31.5 x 41.5 cm, original hand colour, blank verso.

    References 

    Zacharakis, Printed Maps of Greece, 3668/2370. Read less