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Naukeurige beschryving van Morea, eertijts Peloponnesus; en de eilanden, gelegen onder de kusten van Morea, en binnen en buiten de golf van Venetien: waer onder de voornaemste Korfu, Cefalonia, Sant Maura, Zanten, en andere in grooten getale. Behelzende derzelver landschappen, steden, rivieren, poelen, bergen, gewassen, dieren, &c. Met de kaerten van Morea, golf van Venetien, en verscheide eilanden: beneffens afbeeldingen van steden en kastelen, als Patrasso, Modon, Koron, Navarino, Napoli di Romania en Malvasia, Korinthen, Misitra, &c

Dapper, Olfert, 1635 or 1636-1689 · 1688 · t' Amsterdam, Vor Wolfgangh, Waesbergen, Boom, Someren en Goethals · 44 pictures

This Dutch geographical description of the Peloponnese and the Ionian islands, written by Olfert Dapper and published in Amsterdam in 1688, was aimed at armchair readers and merchants wanting detail on Morea's towns, coasts and natural history. Its copperplate views show harbours, fortified towns and sailing ships set against rugged mountain coastlines, with hatched shading and small figures that give a designer clear, period-accurate scenes of early modern Mediterranean ports and naval traffic.

Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 · Ionian Islands (Greece) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

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