Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 and indeed there has been

and indeed there has been development beyond

Worms and Baynton Williams (‘Dictionary of British Map Engravers’) suggest that the engraver ‘J

among others

each dissected into 21 panels and laid on linen

with Duke Henry

Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 and indeed there has beenCerigo (Kythera) This map of Kythera was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. It is from LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10. 8 x 14. 7 cm, recent hand colour.