Boschini, Marco
1651

Chania in Crete, Greece

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Rare view of the walled town of Chania on the Greek island of Crete in context with the surrounding geographic features and villages. The small walled town on the North coast of Crete can be seen have the same harbor structure and covered workshops of the Grand Venetian Arsenal as still exist today. Noted nearby features include : Galata ( Galatas ), S. Fanavro,and S. Chiriaci. A simple wind rose is found in the sea along with images of a galley under oars and three square-rigged ships under sail.

By Marco Boschini (1613-1678) from Venice in 1651. Published in Boschini's atlas of 59 engraved views and city plans and 2 maps of Crete at a time when the island of Crete, then a Venetian territory, was under siege from Ottoman forces.

Boschini derived his engravings from the manuscript works of others including Angelo degli Oddi, Francesco Basilicata, and especially Georgio Corner. Although he never visited Crete, Boschini's unique contribution is that his atlas was the first published atlas to focus solely on Crete and it provided information about that embattled island to a thirsty public. (Porfyriou, Heleni. The Cartography of Crete in the First Half of the 17th Century: a Collective Work of a Generation of Engineers, Web; http://ine-notebooks.org/index.php/te/article/viewFile/109/165)

CREATOR: Boschini, Marco

PUBLICATION DATE: 1651

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean Sea

CONDITION: Very Good.  Very fine dark engraving on strong paper. Wide margins. Strong impression; dark ink. No issues.

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SIZE: 6 " x 8 "

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