Old antique map of Cyprus by Strabo. 1571
Strabo (c. 63 BC - c. 21 AD)
Strabo was a Greek geographer and historian who travelled in Europe, Africa and Asia and influenced later geographers. He compiled the Geographia, a world geography presenting a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known during his lifetime.
His work was first published in 1469, and many later editions followed in the 15th and 16th centuries, some of them illustrated with Ptolemy maps.
Cyprus.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > Turkey - Cyprus
Old, antique map of Cyprus by Strabo.
Date of the first edition: 1561 (= Honter)
Date of this map: 1571
Woodcut
Size (not including margins): 7.5 x 12.5cm (2.9 x 4.9 inches)
Verso text: Latin & Greek
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Stylianou, 74 (fig. 77); Sylvia Ioannou Collection, 21
From: Strabo, Rerum Geographicum Libri Septemdecim. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1571.
Strabo (c. 63 BC - c. 21 AD)
Strabo was a Greek geographer and historian who travelled in Europe, Africa and Asia and influenced later geographers. He compiled the Geographia, a world geography presenting a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known during his lifetime.
His work was first published in 1469, and many later editions followed in the 15th and 16th centuries, some of them illustrated with Ptolemy maps.
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