PCT-61626

Antique Map of the Island of Kea by Dapper (1687)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Light vertical crease. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1687
  • Overall size: 20 x 14.5 cm.
  • Image size: 17 x 12.5 cm.
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.. Antique Map of the Island of Kea by Dapper (1687)

Description: Antique map titled 'Zea.' Map of the island of Kea in the Cyclades near Serifos and Kythnos, also known as Gia or Tzia, here identified as the island of Zea, present-day Greece. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Olfert Dapper' after an anonymous artist. Olfert Dapper (c. 1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland. Until today, his book Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for Africanists.