Skyros | Map Medical Date: 1792

Date: 1792

guaranteed to be over 130 years old

Nineteenth Century view of the island of Zakynthos (Zante) from a French travel publication

Dimensions - plate mark: 56 x 47cm OR x 22 x 18

A beautiful Nineteenth Century

Skyros | Map Medical Date: 1792A striking antique map of the island of Skyros, from C. Gouffiers Voyage Pittoresque de la Grce. Auguste de Choiseul Gouffier whose passion for ancient Greece led him to travel to the country in 1776 accompanied by an entourage of prominent artists and scholars. His monumental publication was received with enthusiasm in France. Gouffier was granted membership to the Acadmie Franaise and subsequently became the Ambassador of Constantinople. An