Coronelli, Vincenzo
1686

17th century map of the Island of Corfu, Greece

Isola di Corfu

DESCRIPTION: Fine antique map of the Greek island of Corfu which lies in the Ionian sea off Greece's northwest coast. Key features on this attactive map of Corfu include the Canale di Corfu, the Fortezza (Fortress) di Corfu, and the villages of Agios Stefanos (s. Stefano), Scarpero (Skripero), Cauadales, Corissia (Lake Korission), and Neocon (Neochori).

This scarce wood-cut map was published by father Vincenzo Coronelli from Venice, Italy ca 1686 in "Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte…".

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Coronelli, a trained wood engraver, studied astronomy, Euclidean geometry and ancient philosophy and was named cosmographer for the Republic of Venice. He became most famous for his very large globes built in Paris from 1681-1683 at the order of King Louis XIV. His terrestrial and celestial globes measured 3.9 meters in diameter and were not equaled for more than 200 years.

CREATOR: Coronelli, Vincenzo

PUBLICATION DATE: 1686

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Ionian Sea

CONDITION: Good.  Clean. On strong chain-laid paper with ample margins. Slight amount of ink smudging concentrated primarily at right.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 7 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2

PRICE: $210

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