Itala nam tellus Graecia Maior erat, Ouid. 4. Fast

Description:: Relief shown pictorially. Shows southern Italy; Magna Graecia, or Graecia Maior, is the collective name for the ancient Greek seaport colonies in southern Italy. cf. Webster's new geographical dictionary. Inset: Diomedeæ insulæ. "Hanc Italiæ partem exteriorem sic describere conabar Abrahamus Ortelius, cum Privilegio decennali, 1595." English text on verso with caption title: Magna Græcia, or Great Greece; signature xxij. From: Theatrum orbis terrarum Abrahami Orteli Antverp ... At London [i.e. Antwerp] : Printed by [typis H. Swingenij [for]] Iohn Norton, [1606].
Resource Link:: https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9984919093506421
Identifier:: ark:/88435/cc08hj154
Language:: en and English
Creator:: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Publisher:: [London [i.e. Antwerp] : J. Norton, 1606]
Provider:: Princeton
Resource Class:: Maps
Resource Type:: Image
Subject:: Italy, Southern—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Southern Italy—1606, and Maps
Theme:: Italy, Southern—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Southern Italy—1606, and Maps
Spatial Coverage:: Italy
Access Rights:: Public

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