ORIGINAL ENGRAVING MAP OLFERT DAPPER 1688 TURKEY BOZCAADA VIEW PORT OF TENEDOS

Description: "Casteel van Tenedos" original engraved map from 1688 (out of Dapper - Naukeurige Beschryving der Eilanden in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee). The Flemish physician Olfert Dapper (1636-1689), a man of letters and an excellent Classical scholar, was born in Amsterdam and studied in Utrecht. Although Dapper never traveled, he dedicated himself to geographical studies, documenting his wealth of knowledge by citing the numerous sources in his works. Systematic and pivotal, he directed a team of collaborators in an exemplary manner, publishing with remarkable frequency voluminous historical and geographical works on China, Asia, Africa, America and Amsterdam, as well as on the islands of the Eastern Mediterranean. His books are illustrated with maps and engravings of rare beauty. I believe this is a view of Bozcaada Castle in the Turkish island of Bozcaada (known as Tenedos before the 15th century). There was a castle on the island before the 14th century, of undocumented construction and date; it was possibly built by the Phoenicians, Romans or Venetians. However, the castle was demolished after the War of Chioggia between Venice and Genoaon the advice of the Pope. When Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire conquered the island in 1455 he rebuilt the castle. In July 1656, during the Cretan War, a Venice fleet commanded by Giacomo Loredano captured the castle. But Ottomans under Köprülü Mehmet Pasha recaptured the castle in August 1657. Soon after the reconquest, the castle underwent a great renewall. A second renewal was carried on in 1815 by the sultan Mahmut II.Plate measurements: H. 10 3/4", W. 13 3/4"The sheet is affixed to a cardboard back and matted.International buyers please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quote.

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