“AENEAE TROIANI NAVIGATIO Ad Virgilij sex priores Aeneidos. / [inset:] VLYSSIS ERRORES ex Conatib…”, Novus Atlas…, Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1662
Joannes Janssonius, after Abraham Ortelius
Copper engraving, 395 x 493 mm, contemporary colour, Latin
This map was first published in Janssonius’ Accuratissima Orbis Antiqui Delineatio in 1652, without accompanying text; this copy comes from part six of his Novus Atlas, published in 1662. The map traces the journey of Aeneas to Rome after the destruction of Troy, while the inset map depicts the journey of Ulysses to Ithaca.
Category: Maps
Item's code: 01-12-082
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