DU VAL

TABULA ITINERIS

DECIES MILLE GRAECORUM SUB CYRO CONTRA FRATREM SUUM ARTAXERXEM.

Pierre Du VAL

Paris, 1680

48 x 40 cm.

This nicely engraved map features the expedition of Cyrus the Great (558-528 B.C.), the founder of the Persian Empire.

Shows expedition route of conquest from the Eastern Mediterranean through Turkey to Armenia and Babylon. Centered on Cyprus.

Three large decorative cartouches.