Cyprus Map Collection
Numbering more than 400 maps, the Collection includes the majority of the known maps of Cyprus printed between 16th and 20th century. This notable series provides a detailed picture of the development of Cypriot cartography, which is tnterwined with the island’s turbulent history.
A&L-001, 1652
Title: TABVLAE PEVTINGERIANAE SEGMENTVM VII à Parnacis vsque ad Paralocas Schythas // SEGMENTVM VIII à Paralocis Schythis vsque ad Finem Asiae.
Book title: Accuratissima Orbis Antiqui Delineatio.
Cartographer: [anonymous]
Publisher: [Janssonius (Joannes)]
Publication place: [Amsterdam]
Publication year: [1652]
Dimensions: 385x500 mm (double-page)
A&L-002, 1540
Title: Cipro
Book title: Isolario di Benedetto Bordone Nel qual si ragioni di tutte l’Isole del mondo
Cartographer: [Bordone (Benedetto)]
Publisher: Nicolo d’Aristotile, detto Zoppino, and other publishers
Publication place: [Venezia]
Publication year: [1540]
Dimensions: 158x329 mm
A&L-004, 1513
Title: TABVLA NOVA ASIE MINORIS
Book title: Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini Mathematice discipline Philosophi doctissimi Geographie opus novissima. Strasbourg, Johannes Scott,1513 or Ptolemaeus Auctus Restitutus. Emaculatus. Cum Tabolis Veteribus Ac Novis.Strasbourg, Johannes Scott,1520
Cartographer: Waldseemüller (Martin)
Publisher: Johannes Schott
Publication place: [Strassburg]
Publication year: 1513
Dimensions: 446x592 mm, double page