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Rare La Freri Map of Zante
Zante/ Greece.
CAMOCIO, G. F. [Venice, 1572]
Zante insula..
6 x 8 inches.
Margins trimmed, very good.
A rare, well-detailed map of Zante off the western coast of the Peloponnesus. Zante was a Venetian territory during the long war with the Ottoman Empire, and the Venetians defended the island with a castle placed on a promontory (shown on the map), as they did elsewhere. However, the island depicted here is no mere anchorage: it is a fruitful place with vineyards, orchards and gardens, and was known to be such in antiquity. A lake of pitch is shown on the map, referring to the bituminous wells, which were also known in Herodotus' time, and there is a salt plain indicated on the shore.
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