An 18th century chart of Corfu

ROUX, Joseph.

I Corfu, Grece.
Marseilles, 1764. Coloured. 135 x 200mm.

Chart of the island of Corfu, published in 'Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la mer Méditerranée' by Joseph Roux le jeune (1725-93). This portable atlas of plans of ports of the Mediterranean was designed as a companion piece to his important 12-sheet atlas of the Mediterranean, a copy of which Nelson had aboard the 'Victory'.


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