Braun & Hogenberg, [Cagliari, Malta, Rhodos and Famagusta] Calaris / Malta / Rhodus / Famaugusta

BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) & HOGENBERG, Frans (1535-1590).
[Cagliari, Malta, Rhodos and Famagusta].
Calaris / Malta / Rhodus / Famaugusta.
Engraved map with original hand color.
From Civitas Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, c. 1588.
14 1/8" x 19 5/8" sheet.

Strategic Mediterranean strongholds depicted at the height of Christian-Ottoman conflict, revealing key military and religious frontiers of sixteenth-century geopolitics.