View of the Strait of the Dardanelles, 1657 (Dardanelles, Turkey) 40°13ʹ52ʺN 26°28ʹ47ʺE

François Collignon (c.1610-87) (printmaker and publisher) [right centre, bottom of key:] fran.^co Collignon Sculp. / Romæ con licentia de Sup / Imparione. / [What appears to have been Marinari’s name has been erased.]

Subject(s)

Watermark: Map: bird in circle. Mount: none.

Condition: no fold lines. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

34.4 x 23.1 cm (image and neatline)

cropped (platemark)

34.6 x 23.3 cm (sheet)

37.6 x 27.5 cm (mount)

Printed title:

Vero Dessegno del Combatimento conseguito a Dardanelli dall’ Armata della / Serenissima Republica di Venetia contro Turchi sotto il comando del’ gia Ill.^m / et Ecc.^mo Sig.^r Lazaro Mocenigo K. P^r Capitan Genāl. da Mar. Segui li 17. 18 e’ 19 Luglio 1657 [across top]

Additional text:

[right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, O-T.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Dardanelles 17, 18 and 19 July 1657.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] Dardanelles; [bottom left, black pencil under old heading, the old heading.] (Verso) none.

George III catalogue entry:

Dardanelles Vero Dessegno del Combatimento conseguito a Dardanelli dall’ Armata della Ser. Republica di Venetia contro Turchi, sotto il comando di Lazaro Mocenigo, li 17, 18 e 19 Luglio 1657: da F. Collignon. [The same entry appears under the heading Naval Engagement.]

Bibliographic reference(s)

Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3230