Francesco Basilicata worked for the Venetian regno of Crete between 1626 and 1645. During that time he produced forty-some detailed and elegant maps of fortifications and cities. Early on in his service in Crete, he helped design and construct the memorable Morosini fountain in Candia/Heraklion. The three pictures below gives hints of the work to come on the map, particularly in the third.
His triumph was this exuberant map of the whole island, a (upside-down, western) section of which you see above. The map (I cannot find the dimensions) is used for the end-papers of the book cited at the end of this blog -- a beautifully-produced book of the history and historic images of Chandax, the Byzantine version of the Andalusian-Arab name for Heraklion.
As you can observe above, Crete is a luxuriant and cheerful island in itself, but the rest of this blog will rejoice in the creatures of the Cretan waters.
(The pictures should enlarge when clicked on: a couple should expand to show more.)
His triumph was this exuberant map of the whole island, a (upside-down, western) section of which you see above. The map (I cannot find the dimensions) is used for the end-papers of the book cited at the end of this blog -- a beautifully-produced book of the history and historic images of Chandax, the Byzantine version of the Andalusian-Arab name for Heraklion.
As you can observe above, Crete is a luxuriant and cheerful island in itself, but the rest of this blog will rejoice in the creatures of the Cretan waters.
(The pictures should enlarge when clicked on: a couple should expand to show more.)
The pictures are from:
Χρυσουλα
Τζομπανακη, ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΝΗ
ΤΡΙΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΝΔΑΚΑ
(Heraklion 2000).
Chrysoula
Tzompanaki, Thalassini Trilogia tou
Chandaka (Heraklion
2000).
