Seutter, Matthäus, 1678-1757

Scope and Contents Detailed map of Greece, published in Augsburg. The map depicts Macedonia, Albania, Epirus, Thessalia, and Morea, along with the surrounding islands such as Corcyra, Cephalonia, Zacynthos, Chios, and Lesbos (listed as Stalimene or Metelino in some editions). Title cartouche represents the conflict between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. From Seutter's "Atlas Novus" printed between 1728 and 1730. (Catalog reference number: ZACHARAKIS: 3349).Source: AbeBooks:...

Content Description Collection consists of two hand-colored copper engraved maps of Greece from the early modern period. The earlier map, Matthias Quad's "Graecia Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica" (1592), depicts Greece according to contemporary geographical knowledge of the late sixteenth century. The later map, Matthäus Seutter's "Graecia Nova et Mare Aegaeum Archipelagus" (1725), provides detailed cartographic representation of Greece and the Aegean Sea region. Also included are...