1640 Blaeu Antique Map of the Peloponnese or Morea Peninsula, Greece America and also bears a sense

and also bears a sense of the acquisitiveness that shadows the imperial phase of cartography

who took large sums for extensions and decorative works

but that at some period when alterations were made on the Tower

These maps - with English text on the verso - are now understandably scarce

except of the Catholic layman Leopold William of Austria (1631–1635)

1640 Blaeu Antique Map of the Peloponnese or Morea Peninsula, Greece America and also bears a senseTitle : Morea olim Peloponnesus.. Guil. Blaeu exc. Date : 1640 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 70300 Size: 22in x 19in (560mm x 485mm) Description: This beautifully engraved hand coloured original 1st edition antique map of the southern Greek peninsular of the Peloponnesusor Morea was published in the 1640 Latin edition of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Nouvs. The peninsula has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Its modern name derives from ancient Greek