Antique Map of Turkey with Cyprus and Greece Islands

Antique map titled 'Anatolie'. Antique map of Turkey, Anatolie, with Cyprus and the Greece islands. Attractive scrolled title cartouche to top right corner. Blank verso. Published by N. Sanson.

Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667) and his descendents were important French cartographer's active through the 17th century. Sanson started his career as a historian where, it is said, he turned to cartography as a way to illustrate his historical studies. In the course of his research some of his fine maps came to the attention of King Louis XIII who, admiring the quality of his work, appointed Sanson 'Geographe Ordinaire du Roi'. Sanson's duties in this coved position included advising the King on matters of Geography and compiling the royal cartographic archive. Sanson's corpus of some three hundred maps initiated the golden age of French Cartography.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. Please study image carefully.

Date: c.1652

Overall size: 26.8 x 20.5 cm.