The second printed map of Cyprus

BORDONE, Benedetto.

[Cipro.]
Venice: Francesco di Leno, c.1565, Coloured woodcut set in Italian text, two sheets conjoined, sheet total 295 x 355mm.

Corners of margins restored.

Bordone's important map of Cyprus, the second printed map of the island, published in the 'Isolario di Benedetto Bordone', first issued in 1528. It shows Cyprus, with only a few placenames besides Nicosia and Famagusta, and the coast of Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, with Antioch and Tripoli. Nicely coloured.

BAYNTON-WILLIAMS: Cyprus 2:2
Stock ID : 23466