CORONELLI, V.M. - Peloponneso, hoggidi Morea,. . .

A beautiful and flamboyantly engraved large-scale map of Morea, who was in 1683 invaded by the Venetians. The map carries a dedication to Marcello Sacchetti, ambassador from the Knights Hospitallers to Pope Innocent XI.

On verso Italian letter press text and a plan of "Navarino Vecchio, e Nuovo aquistati del Serenissimo Morosini in Giugno 1686".

The map is the product of the late 17th century Venetian cartographer, Vincenzo Coronelli.
A decorative title cartouche appears bottom left.
The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of the Republic of Venice.
He was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day.