Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 and often ironic

and often ironic

Perhaps Wilkinson reasoned that his public would enjoy a reminder of an earlier English success

At stake was the European balance of power

each dissected into 21 panels and laid on linen

and indeed there has been development beyond

Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 and often ironicCerigo (Kythera) This map of Kythera was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. It is from LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10. 8 x 14. 7 cm, recent hand colour.