Abraham
ORTELIUS , "Insular. Aliquot Aegaei Maris Antiqua Descrip. "---"
Cyprus Insula laeta choris ,..." (360x470mm) page 90, Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum, Antwerp 1608. Italian. Original colouring. previous
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Drawn by Ortelius himself, this map is a reduced version of a previous map and shows Cyprus with nine insets of other Greek islands. It was first published by Ortelius in Additamentum III and as of 1584 it was included in the Parergon, a supplement to the Theatrum. The map contains ancient toponyms. The present 1608 edition comes from the third known state of the engraved plate (see the original of 1584, large scan), i.e. after the place name "Amathus" was added on Cyprus (1587) and "Melanthy Scopuli" deleted from the Greek islands (ca 1600).
