A minature map of Zante

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Zante Insula.
Amsterdam, 1602 or 1606. Original colour. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress sur-title.

A scarce map of Zante, with a galley and seamonster. It was engraved by either Jodocus Hondius or Pieter van der Keere for the 'Caert-Thresoor' by Langenes in 1598, but this example was published in the 'Tabularum Geographicarum' with a text by Petrus Bertius.
In 1616 a new plate was engraved by Jodocus Hondius II, slightly larger and with wider borders with scales of longitude and latitude.

ZACHARAKIS: 1217.
Stock ID : 21813