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Itala nam tellus Graecia Maior erat, Ouid. 4. Fast
- Author(s):
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
- Publisher:
- [London [i.e. Antwerp] : J. Norton, 1606]
- Access:
- Public
- Description:
- Relief shown pictorially. Shows southern Italy; Magna Graecia, or Graecia Maior, is the collective name for the ancient Greek seaport colonies in southern Italy. cf. Webster's new geographical dictionary. Inset: Diomedeæ insulæ. "Hanc Italiæ partem exteriorem sic describere conabar Abrahamus Ortelius, cum Privilegio decennali, 1595." English text on verso with caption title: Magna Græcia, or Great Greece; signature xxij. From: Theatrum orbis terrarum Abrahami Orteli Antverp ... At London [i.e. Antwerp] : Printed by [typis H. Swingenij [for]] Iohn Norton, [1606].
- Place(s):
- Italy
- Subject(s):
- Italy, Southern—Maps—Early works to 1800 and Maps—Southern Italy—1606
- Call number:
- HMC01.3323
- Held by:
- Princeton: Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library
- Rights Statement:
- No Known Copyright
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