Dapper, Olfert (Olivier)
1688

The Gulf of Izmir, Turkey on the Aegean Sea

De Golfe van Smirne

DESCRIPTION: Antique copper-plate engraved chart of the Gulf of Izmir (Smyrna or Smyrne) in Turkey from 1688. Coverage includes the Karaburun peninsula ("Calaberno") with windmills depicted at the tip of the peninsula near "C. Calaberno". Moving westward the author depicts and names several settlements including: "Clazomene", "Laberno", "Chipa", and very close to a point of land "Vlakke Punt" lies "Sevafato". The city of Izmir, Turkey is depicted with a small fortress near the coast and a larger fortress in the nearby hill, at present Kadifekale, noted as "Castro Vechio oft Oude Cafteel". Near the present neighborhood of Laka, Dapper identifies a small settlement he calls "Lauro".

The chart is decorated with a square-rigged sailing ship and galleys; in the title cartouche a gentleman in Turkish period attire is shaded by a parasol carried by a servant.

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.

Dutch text on verso . Page 91.

CREATOR: Dapper, Olfert (Olivier)

PUBLICATION DATE: 1688

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Turkey

BODY OF WATER: Aegean Sea

CONDITION: Good.  Clean and bright on medium-weight paper. Repaired spot in the right margin well outside the image. Text on verso.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 6 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2

PRICE: $170

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