[Kithira]

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Cartographic Note: No scales. Orientation varies. Contents Note: Marks the place where Paris was said to have brought Helen after abducting her from her husband in Sparta. From the Book of the Islands (isolario) of the Archipelago. It covers the Ionian Islands, Aegean Islands and Constantinople.

Object Details

ID: P/13(6R)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Buondelmonti, Cristoforo; Buondelmonte, Cristoforo
Date made: circa 1420
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 25 x 18cm
Parts: Tractatus Insulari Archipelagi. (Manuscript)