Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595
Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine
This map portrays ancient Greece, with its independent city-satates and kingdoms and their provinces extending from the Balkan Peninsula through Ionian, Mediterranean and Aegean seas to Asia Minor. The name of the country, Ellas, is displayed in Greek letters on the lintel of the architectural cartouche in the lower left corner.
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