Porcacchi’s Map of Euboea Publisher(s)_W Strahan Syriae sive Soriae

Syriae sive Soriae

Little is known of La Garde-Chambonas: he is described on the title-page as 'citoyen polonais'

using many of the same maps and views

from the Cotton collection

before he converted to Christianity after a dream

Porcacchi’s Map of Euboea Publisher(s)_W Strahan Syriae sive SoriaeNegroponte (Euboea) This map of Negropoonte 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.