Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos Printed Area Measurement_32 x 39.5 cm Du Nil et ses Embouchures

Du Nil et ses Embouchures et des Crocodiles

Speed and Blaeu – who all devoted an entire map-sheet to each county – Janssonius occasionally depicted adjacent counties together

At this point only four of the lines shown were under the umbrella of the UERL (Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd

but one which has been interpreted in the broadest possible sense

Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos Printed Area Measurement_32 x 39.5 cm Du Nil et ses EmbouchuresScarpanto (Karpathos) This map of Karpathos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. It is from LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10. 8 x 14. 7 cm, recent hand colour