Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 Perhaps Wilkinson reasoned that his

Perhaps Wilkinson reasoned that his public would enjoy a reminder of an earlier English success

Worms and Baynton Williams (‘Dictionary of British Map Engravers’) suggest that the engraver ‘J

and Worldcat suggests that the author is Mary E Gellie

and indeed there has been development beyond

the map has become scarce

Porcacchi’s Map of Kythera Date of Publication_c.1692 Perhaps Wilkinson reasoned that hisCerigo (Kythera) This map of Kythera was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. It is from LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10. 8 x 14. 7 cm, recent hand colour.