Very decorative map of Sicily & Sardinia

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Regnorum Siciliæ et Sardiniæ nec non Melitæ seu Maltæ Insula cum adjectis Italiæ et Africæ Litoribus.
Nuremberg, c.1720. Original colour. 495 x 580mm.

Sicily, Sardinia and Malta, with inset plans of Valletta and Catania. Part of the large allegorical title cartouche shows the forge of the Cyclops, supposedly located in the crater of Mount Etna.

Heraldic shield, inset plans of Catania and Valletta, and sailing ships.


Stock ID : 8075