Dapper, Olfert (Olivier)
1688

Cycladic Greek Island of Kea

Kea

DESCRIPTION: Antique copper-plate engraved chart / plan of Kea ("Zea") or Tzia , an island in the Cyclades Archipelago of Greece, less than 40 miles from Athens. The attractive old map greatly overstates the size of the main port Korissia or "Porto per Grande Armata" relative to the rest of the island and understates the remaining area on the island to the west of the main settlement of Zea near the capital of Ioulis. Other areas noted by Dapper are the tiny island of "Scoglieto" and the "Fonte della Pazzia".

From Olfert Dapper's 1688 edition of his Descripion of the Mediterranean Islands or "Naukeurige beschryving der Eilanden, in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee, en omtrent dezelve, gelegen: waer onder de voornaemste Cyprus, Rhodus, Kandien, Samos, Scio, Negroponte ...". Dapper was a Dutch writer and self-described physician best known for his books on Africa, China, Persia and Arabia.

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CREATOR: Dapper, Olfert (Olivier)

PUBLICATION DATE: 1688

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Aegean Sea

CONDITION: Very good  Clean and bright on medium-weight paper.

COLORING: None

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SIZE: 7 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2

PRICE: $130

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