| Cartograph: |
Edward Wells (*1667 - †1727) |
| Title: |
A New Map of the So. & Mid Parts of Antient Greece viz. Epirus, Hellas, or Graecia Propria, and Peloponnesus, together with Adjoyning Islands ... |
| Publisher/ Year: |
London, E. Wells, circa 1738 |
| Sheet Size: |
42.0 x 54.5 cm (16.5 x 21.5 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
36.3 x 51.5 cm (14.3 x 20.3 inches) |
Decorative coloured map of the Peloponnese (Morea) in Greece.
From "A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography" by Edward Wells an English clergyman, teacher and mathematician, born in 1667. All map are dedicated to William the Duke of Gloucester who died 1700, the year of the first edition of the atlas. The Wells maps have been much valued during the beginning of the 18th century because of its accuracy. |
| Small holes in left margin, minor browning in lower margin around centrefold. Manuscript page number by old hand in upper right margin. Excellent condition. |
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