Crete with a plan of Heraklion as it was taken by the Ottomans

DU VAL, Pierre.

Candie Ville Metropolitaine de l'Isle de méme nom. soûmise au Grand Seigneur Mehemet IV. l'an 1669, apres un siege de plusiers années, le plus memorable de nostre siecle; Isle de Candie.
Paris, 1669. Original colour. 515 x 400mm.

An uncommon map of Crete first published at the climax of the Cretan War (1645-69), in which Heraklion was under siege for twenty-one years. First issued in 1667, this state has been re-engraved with lines showing how the Ottomans made their final attack, forcing the depleted defenders to surrender.

ZACHARAKIS: 3588, with later editions dated 1679 & 1686.
Stock ID : 19061