Porcacchi, Tomasso
1572

Very old antique map of Rhodes, Greece

Rhodi

DESCRIPTION: Authentic copperplate-engraved antique map (1572) of the Greek Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Rhodi) engraved by Girolamo Porro and drawn by Tomasso Porcacchi. Numerous fantastical sea serpents and monstrous fishes fill empty areas in the finely stippled seas. A few of the key features include smaller islands of Carchi, Limona, San Nicolo, and Tranquilla. Detail in the interior of Rhodes includes towns or villages of Villanova, Camira, Aganca, Zalfo, Sorini, Fiando, Rufarcangeli Farado, and more. The port of Rhodes or Rhodos is shown surrounded by fortified walls with several guard towers.

Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572.

CREATOR: Porcacchi, Tomasso

PUBLICATION DATE: 1572

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Aegean Sea

CONDITION: Good. Cut close outside the neatline on all sides. Laid to Japanese paper for ease of framing. Clean. Strong with no holes or tears.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Girolamo Porro

SIZE: 5 " x 4 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2

PRICE: $275

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