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C1704
Candiae urbis a Turca CDDCXXXXVII obsessae delinea…
Mapmaker:
Scarce large c.18th birds eye view of Candia (Crete), now Herakleion, showing the Turkish onslaught on the Venetian city during the Cretan War published by Pierre Mortier. The Cretan War , also known as the War of Candia or the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Candiae urbis a Turca CDDCXXXXVII obsessae delineatio auctore Nicolao Baumanno Legato primario Legioninis Illmi. Principis in Salms et Munitore
Date:
C1704
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Repaired tear at top left, otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
573mm
x 455mm
Paper Size:
585mm
x 507mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1704
Description:
Scarce large c.18th birds eye view of Candia (Crete), now Herakleion, showing the Turkish onslaught on the Venetian city during the Cretan War published by Pierre Mortier.
The Cretan War , also known as the War of Candia or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States and France) against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States, because it was largely fought over the island of Crete, Venice’s largest and richest overseas possession. The war lasted from 1645 to 1669 and was fought in Crete, especially in the city of Candia, and in numerous naval engagements and raids around the Aegean Sea, with Dalmatia providing a secondary theater of operations. Although most of Crete was conquered by the Ottomans in the first few years of the war, the fortress of Candia (modern Heraklion), the capital of Crete, resisted successfully.2
References:
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V :: B1.87.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1966243
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: GE SH 18 PF 224 DIV 1 P 13 D
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V :: B1.87.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1966243
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: GE SH 18 PF 224 DIV 1 P 13 D
Pieter Mortier (1661 - 1711)
Pieter Mortier (1661–1711) Dutch c.18th mapmaker, engraver and publisher of atlases born in Leiden, the son of a political refugee from France. He travelled to Paris in 1681-1685, then returned to Amsterdam where he operated as a bookseller from 1685 until 1711. He won the privilege in 1690 of publishing maps and atlases by French publishers in Amsterdam for the Dutch market.
