Blaeu’s Map of Corsica Mapmaker(s)_Heinrich Scherer who had worked on his

who had worked on his 1828 large-scale map of Yorkshire

which resulted in extensive damage to the Parthenon (both during the siege of the Acropolis and its aftermath)

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while a mailed fist emerging from the North Sea delivers a further devastating blow (presumably representing the Imperial Navy’s High Seas Fleet

Blaeu’s Map of Corsica Mapmaker(s)_Heinrich Scherer who had worked on hisThis map of the French island of Corsica, ruled by the Genoese in the 17th century and included in the Italian volume of Blaeus atlas, is oriented with north to the left of the map. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, sheet size 49. 5 x 30 cm, map 18 x 24 cm, modern hand colour, set within Latin text with further text on verso. References Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 36A.