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Map Greece: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy. La Grece : Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences

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Title

  • Greece: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy.

Other Title

  • La Grece : Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences

Summary

  • Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller, based in Leiden, who specialized in reissuing maps acquired from earlier mapmakers. Van der Aa's major work was the elaborate Galerie Agréable du Monde (The pleasurable gallery of the world), a compendium of some 3,000 maps in 66 parts, bound in 27 volumes, and completed in 1729. Presented here is van der Aa's map of Greece, which in the early 18th century was part of the Ottoman Empire. Shown are the Greek mainland, the islands of the Aegean, and the northern part of Crete, identified as Candia, as the island was known during the period of Venetian rule (1204--1669). Two distance scales are provided: French leagues and German leagues. In the lower left-hand corner is a cartouche and illustrations of figures associated with Greece.

Names

  • Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • Leiden : Pieter van der Aa, [1700 to 1733]

Headings

  • -  Greece
  • -  1700 to 1733

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale 1:2,540,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 37 x 25 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National and University Library "St Kliment Ohridski" -- Skopje.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668537

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Aa, Pieter Van Der, Contributor. Greece: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy. [Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, to 1733, 1700] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668537/.

APA citation style:

Aa, P. V. D. (1700) Greece: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy. [Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, to 1733] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668537/.

MLA citation style:

Aa, Pieter Van Der, Contributor. Greece: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy. [Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, to 1733, 1700] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668537/>.