Morea - Seutter c.1730 information-rich style and high production

information-rich style and high production values

showing the island's advanced state of settlement and agricultural development

" where American and European ships vied for control of the region's lucrative spice trade

Sanson intentionally filled the interior with the toponymy and boundaries of the ancient world as recorded by classical geographers like Ptolemy

(for the Directory & Chronicle)

Morea - Seutter c.1730 information-rich style and high productionSeutters Map of the Morea (c. 1730) Title: Peloponnesus Hodie Morea: Ad Normam Veterum et Recentiorum Mappae Accuratissime Adornata Cartographer: Matthus Seutter Origin: Augsburg, Germany Date: c. 1730 Technique: Copperplate engraving with original hand colouring The Narrative: A Battlefield of Empires This map tells the story of the Morea (the Peloponnese peninsula) during a period of intense conflict between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman