File:1584 Ortelius Map of Crete (Candia) and 10 Greek Islands - Geographicus - CandiaInsula-ortelius-1584.jpg

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Abraham Ortelius: Candia Insula - Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q232916
Title
Candia Insula - Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.
Description
English: A rare and beautiful 1584 Abraham Ortelius map of Crete and ten other Greek islands: Metellino (Mitiline, Lesbos), Cerigo, Scarpanto (Karpathos), Nicsia (Naxos), Santorini, Milo, Stalimene (Limnos), Negroponte (Euboea), Rodus (Rhodes, home of the Colossus of Rhodes), and Scio (Chios). Beautiful, rich, hand color.
Date 1584
date QS:P571,+1584-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 14.5 in (36.8 cm); width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,14.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20U218593
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Geographicus link: CandiaInsula-ortelius-1584
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