Italy, Naples, Calabria, Puglia... C. Cellarius, 1701, Graecia Magna sive pars ultim Italiae

Beautiful map of the southern part of Italy in Antiquity with a decorative cartouche showing the Vesuvius volcano erupting. It also shows Scylla and Charybdis, those were mythical sea monsters noted by Homer; Greek mythology sited them on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina between Sicily and Calabria, on the Italian mainland. Scylla was rationalized as a rock shoal (described as a six-headed sea monster) on the Calabrian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily.

The map shows the (Greek) colonies on the Italian coast.

Published in 1701 in ´ Notitia Orbis Antiqui, sive Geographia Plenoir´ by Christophorus Cellarius

Very good condition. Some light age browning. Folded as published. Ample margins.

Image 20,5 x 30,5cm on page of 24 x 36cm