Title
[Gulf of Souda].
Publication details
[about 1630]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour and bodycolour ; sheet 26.7 x 38.5 cm
Description
Bird's-eye view of the Bay of Souda from the Akrotiri peninsula in Crete, with the ports of Marathi and Loutro in the foreground and Kalami in the background; key to drawing below.
Place
Suda Bay (Greece)
Additional information
From a Venetian collection of Italian and Netherlandish manuscript plans of forts and military engagements bound in two volumes and produced for Marco and Domenico Molino (or Molin). The second volume includes some figure studies and portraits; a number of architectural drawings can also be found in both volumes. Formerly in the collection of Hans Sloane, who offered them to Queen Caroline of Ansbach as a gift in 1735.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.78.31.a.(vol.i.11.)