Ortelius, Abraham. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617. [Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio]. Bayer Wilkes returned to New York

Wilkes returned to New York Harbor with only two of his six ships and a mountain of ethnographic

From 1550-1579 he served at sea

Superior five Occidentalis

created by Cornelis van Wytfliet in 1597

Johannes Blaeu (1596-1673) was a prominent Dutch cartographer and publisher

Ortelius, Abraham. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617. [Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio]. Bayer Wilkes returned to New YorkAbraham Ortelius Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617 14 3 8 x 20 inches [Greece; Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio] The map titled *"Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip."* by Abraham Ortelius, published in Antwerp in 1617, is an exquisite representation of several islands, primarily focusing on the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The map displays the archipelagos with careful